Ryanair is again cutting capacity at Stansted Airport this winter.

The airline, which had 38 aircraft based at the airport last winter, will reduce aircraft numbers to 28 and reduce the number of weekly flights to just under 1600 – a 14% reduction, or 900,000 passengers on last year.

While other airlines are blaming the increasing cost of fuel for service cutbacks, Ryanair claims a combination of factors has contributed to their decision namely:

1. London Stansted is the most expensive of Ryanair’s 28 bases.
2. The BAA Airport monopoly has again increased airport charges by 15% this year, on top of a 100% increase last year.
3. The total failure of the inadequate CAA regulatory regime to control these unjustified cost increases or to persuade BAA Stansted to meet the needs of its low fare airline users.
4. The fact that oil prices have risen to $140 a barrel.

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