This is what I read...
Ryanair has also seen passenger levels fall as it cut back on frequencies and
routes, but, announcing two new summer routes last week for Liverpool, to
Croatia and Poland, and an increase in frequencies on existing services such as
Alicante, Malaga and Faro, Mr O’Leary revealed he has signed a growth agreement
with JLA that will bring further routes and an extra plane next summer, taking
its total jets based there to eight.
He said the expansion confirms Ryanair’s commitment to Liverpool “big time”
and added: “We’re going to add another aircraft there next year and two new
routes and 200,000 passengers next year, which is very important when Easyjet
are cutting flights there next year.”
And he insisted the Dublin-based airline’s cultivation of its operations at
its Manchester base will not be at the expense of Liverpool.
“We have a new growth agreement with the airport which we’re very pleased
with. We have a three-year plan that means we are going to grow from 2m to 3m
passengers at Liverpool.
“We expect both Liverpool and Manchester airports to grow equally next year.
Manchester will do about 2.4m passengers and Liverpool will do about 2.1m and we
expect both of them to grow to over 3m passengers over three years.”
...are we saying Ryanair signing a new agreement and stating they will add an extra aircraft is somehow not newsworthy ?