The owners of Manchester airport are confident that talks with other airlines following Ryanair’s decision to cut services to and from the airport will lead to the airport replacing the routes.

The Irish low-cost carrier will close nine out of 10 routes from Manchester Airport in October, citing high airport fees for its decision, which the airport has disputed.

Low-cost carrier Jet2 today announced new services from Manchester to Venice, Gran Canaria, and Kos, and plans to increase frequency of its services to Dalaman, Sharm el Sheikh, Lanzarote and Tel Aviv next year.

“I would be very surprised if there are still four routes not offered by airlines from Manchester. Jet2, easyJet and Bmibaby have all added new services and more capacity in the last 12 months,” he said, adding the airport has seen huge expansion to destinations in the Middle East through Emirates, Etihad and Qatar airlines.

“The fact that Jet2.com is continuing to expand its services from Manchester is extremely encouraging to the airport and the region as a whole,” said a Manchester airport spokesman.

Jet2 also operates from Leeds Bradford, Newcastle, Blackpool, Belfast and Edinburgh Airports and says that this month has been the busiest month for bookings since it first began flying over six years ago.

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