Ryanair to add 11 new routes from Edinburgh and close Glasgow base

Budget airline Ryanair is to add 11 new routes from Edinburgh Airport, while also closing its base in Glasgow.

The number of routes operated from Glasgow will be reduced from 23 to three, with five being transferred to the capital.

Chief commercial officer David O'Brien said Edinburgh has a stronger inbound component'' than Glasgow with Ryanair flights.

He said 300 jobs could be lost at Glasgow due to the move with a potential fall in around 500,000 passengers.

He added the decision was down to Air Passenger Duty, but also said Brexit was a threat to Scottish tourism and the airline industry.

Ryanair will only fly to Dublin, Krakow and Wroclaw from Glasgow in its winter 2018 schedule with its base at the airport closing.

It will host 45 routes from Edinburgh in total.

Describing itself as Europe's first and largest low fares airline, Ryanair carries more than 130 million customers a year on more than 2,000 daily flights from 87 bases