Ireland West Knock Airport has announced that it will be closing for a period of four weeks after Ryanair suspended flight operations.
In a statement, Ireland West Knock Airport said that 'following today’s announcement and the suspension of all commercial flights from the airport with Ryanair, Ireland West Airport will close on Saturday, November 14 and reopen on Sunday, December 13.'
It was added that 'this is a further devastating blow for the airport and its staff where passenger numbers this year have plummeted by over 90% with annual passenger numbers now forecasted to decline to less than 150,000 for the full year – the lowest in over 20 years.'
Knock Airport called on the Government to 'provide urgent support through an expanded regional airports programme for the airport to address the enormous financial losses to support and protect its cash position resulting from the devastating collapse in passenger traffic as a result of Covid-19 which have been further impacted following todays announcement by Ryanair.'
Today's statement can be read in full
here.
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