Ryanair has lost two of its landing slots at Eindhoven Airport after its flights repeatedly arrived late, Airport Coordination Netherlands, the body that assigns airport slots, said today.
Ryanair said in a statement that it has appealed ACNL's decision to the European Commission and the Dutch courts, calling it "unprecedented, irrational and disproportionate".
ACNL found Ryanair had been consistently late on Monday evening flights from Sofia in Bulgaria, and Thursday evening flights from Pisa in Italy.
It said the flights were on average more than an hour late.
As a result, ACNL removed the airline from the two slots for next summer's schedule, a penalty it rarely issues.
"ACNL are penalising airlines for air traffic control delays that push flights just 15 minutes over their scheduled arrivaltime", Ryanair said.
Dutch newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad initially reported the decision.
