a reduction of over €1.3m on the amount payable by the taxpayer for the provision of this public service.
Since the figures showed that Aer Arann were getting just over €3 million per annum, this must mean that Ryanair will be getting about €1.7 million per annum to operate the service. Thats only €775 per flight (based on 365 days operating 6 flights per day - 3 return flights). That won't come anywhere near even paying the fuel bill on a 738 for the flight