easyJet halves flights to Dortmund over the winter

UK's easyJet airline is to cut 50% of all flights to Dortmund in Germany as part of its winter schedule and is also looking to the feasability into continuing operations from the airport in the future.

Dortmund has the most restrictive operating hours which hampers the utilisation of both aircrew and aircraft - both of these are factors that make it difficult to support a budget airline's operation.

easyJet have three aircraft based at Dortmund.

Ryanair were quick to comment on easyJet's press release and have announced a sale of 100,000 tickets for just 10 Euro for flights to neighbouring Dusseldorf-weeze airport - which is actually 80km from Dusseldorf itself.

Ryanairs 22 routes which fly to Dusseldorf-Weeze airport are included under the 100,000 ticket sale and can be purchased immediately from the Ryanair website.

Airline Booking and Information

• Read more about Easyjet or Book flights with Easyjet
• Read more about Ryanair or Book flights with Ryanair

• Early bookers still finding flight bargains (26/08/08)
• Ryanair announces more destinations from London Luton (25/08/08)
• New London to Salzburg route for easyJet (24/08/08)
• Flyers confused about carbon offsetting (22/08/08)
• A record July for Birmingham Airport (21/08/08)
• 60 million seats less on flights this winter (18/08/08)
• easyJet starts flying to Helsinki in Finland and lots of new European cities (11/08/08)
• easyJet cuts back flights from Stansted (30/07/08)
• Bristol Airport launches system to avoid security queues (29/07/08)
• easyJet plans winter flights from Manchester (11/07/08)