Ryanair commit to winter flights from Poitiers

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Following the disruptions of winter 2007/8 with no flights at all to Poitiers Biard airport, Ryanair are to offer limited services this coming winter.  Two flights a week will operate from London Stansted, on Fridays and Mondays. 

The withdrawal of flights in winter 2007/8 was part of a cost cutting exercise by Ryanair, as they saw it as more profitable to ground the planes rather than fly un-profitable routes.  In all, 7 of their Stansted based aircraft were grounded, and Poitiers was one of a number of European routes affected.  

The Ryanair service is seen as vital to the local economy, with a recent survey of British passengers by the Chamber of Commerce highlighting that 57% would not have made the journey without the offer of low-cost travel.