Holidaymakers’ concern over future of Ryanair flights from EMA

A STATEMENT has been issued by East Midlands Airport to explain why holidaymakers cannot currently book one of its Ryanair flights for 2022.

Passengers can only currently book flights from the budget airline for destinations including Ireland, Spain and the Canary Islands up until Christmas this year.

Manchester Airport and Stansted

Airport, the other airports owned by the Manchester Airport Group, have their flights with Ryanair continuing well into 2022, currently offering flights as late as next August, Leicestershire Live reports.

Some customers have been concerned by the lack of flights from the East Midlands Airport, with holidaymakers eager to get some confirmation as to Ryanair’s future in the East Midlands. One potential customer said: “If you go on the Ryanair website and check any destination, nothing is scheduled from January 2022 onwards (other than a couple of flights to airports like Knock).”

However, it is understood the airline is currently in negotiations with several UK airports about continuing their contracts into 2022, and it seems this is the case for East Midlands Airport. Other airports where they operate, such as Teesside, Exeter, and Newquay Cornwall, also have no flights in 2022.

A spokesman for East Midlands Airport said they are confident they will “benefit from” the airline’s network of routes in 2022.

The spokesman added: “Ryanair is a valued customer of MAG (which owns and operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports). MAG has regular conversations with Ryanair about services from all three airports and we are confident that East Midlands customers will benefit from the airline’s wide network of routes in 2022.”

Ryanair has been contacted for comment.