RYANAIR'S claims that 300 jobs at Edinburgh Airport will go as the airline axes five routes from its summer schedule have been disputed by the airport's operators.
BLAME: Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary claims planes can fly more cheaply at the other 51 bases in UK and Europe. Picture: Gordon Terris
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DAMIEN HENDERSON Transport Correspondent
Michael O'Leary, chief executive of the airline, also threatened further, more drastic, cuts next winter unless a deal with the airport is "extended and improved".
The no-frills operator will not fly to Berlin, Malmo, Murcia, Ibiza and Tallinn as planned from April as it reduced the number of aircraft based at the airport from seven to six, reversing five years of growth at the capital.
