Originally Posted by
sawtooth
I wonder if they have a multi-year deal with FR, they seemed to have going on MOLs talk of doubling routes, and the DOT and Tourism Ireland involvement in Euro launch suggested the were offering longterm backing.
Ryanair does tend to focus on multi-year deals, but the structure is usually that the airport guarantees the financial terms for four or five years, while Ryanair reserves the right to walk away whenever it wants. You can see this e.g. with recent EC publications of preliminary investigation results of other airports like Angouleme and Altenburg, where Ryanair pulled out part way through a deal period (typically after trying and failing to renegotiate the deal).