OVER AND OUT London Stansted to Ostend Maastricht Rheims Clermont Ferrand Stockholm Skavsta to Oslo Torp Tampere Aarhus Frankfurt Hahn to Malmo Brussels Charleroi to Liverpool

The budget airline said weak demand would also force it to close a string of recently launched Nordic routes, and flights from Liverpool to Brussels.

Instead, Ryanair will fly from Stansted to Bari (Italy), Jerez (Spain), Erfurt (Germany) and Linz (Austria).

The new routes will be launched by the Irish carrier in January next year.

Ryanair is now serving 71 destinations from London Stansted.

CHECKING IN London Stansted to Linz Bari Erfurt Jerez Stockholm Skavsta to Rome Milan Frankfurt Hahn to Reus Tampere Brussels Charleroi to Valladolid

Chief executive Michael O'Leary has repeatedly said he would cut unprofitable routes, even if that meant upsetting UK customers who bought second homes in certain regions of France because of the availability of cheap flights to the area.

Ryanair is at the centre of an investigation by the European Commission into whether it received illegal state subsidies at its Belgian hub of Charleroi.

Announcing a new route from Charleroi to Valladolid, Mr O'Leary said he was "demonstrating our commitment to Brussels Charleroi airport".

He was "hopeful that the EU Commission will recognise the enormous benefits for Belgian consumers and visitors of low fares" at Charleroi.