Ryanair today said it is stopping six European routes, two of which are from Irish airports, and will replace them with six new services.
The Dublin-based carrier said it plans to cease services between Brussels and Salzburg in April and routes between Liverpool and Kerry, Pisa-Friedrichshafen and Frankfurt-Billund in January.
It will also end flights between Frankfurt and Shannon and Newcastle and Oslo in March.
Ryanair said it is terminating the services in order to accommodate six new routes that would launch on various dates in the first half of 2007 from its bases in Barcelona, Bremen, Milan, Pisa, Rome and Stansted.
Ryanair said it would also be increasing the number of flights from Cork to Liverpool and from Shannon to Edinburgh and Manchester.
The new routes include Barcelona-Cagliari, Bremen-Malaga, London-Brussels, Milan-Valladolid, Pisa-Cagliari and Rome-Madrid. Ryanair now operates 438 low fare routes across Europe