Mr Pakey, meanwhile, points to the falls in sterling that have hit air traffic at JLA.
He said: “The Polish routes have been hit the hardest.
“These flights satisfied other markets than the holiday travellers.
“They were used by workers and visiting families, but with the pound the way it is, and the slow- down in the construction market, there are less Poles in the country.”
The full list of axed routes includes Budapest, Faro, Friedrichshafen, Gdansk, Lodz, Salzburg, Santiago, Szczecin and Valencia.
But JLA owners Peel stress it is not all doom and gloom.
The cuts have come little more than a fortnight after Ryanair announced a new seasonal route to Ibiza from JLA.
The city region has also recently welcomed the airport’s new deal with KLM that will link Merseyside up to 750 other destinations worldwide via Amsterdam.
JLA management declared that the move had put Liverpool on the international map for the first time.
Lorraine Rogers, chief executive of The Mersey Partnership, Liverpool City Region’s official tourist board, who last week celebrated the link-up with Schiphol airport, last night moved to minimise worries about the city’s standing.
She said: “Ryanair is a budget airline operating with tight margins in a very competitive market. They have reduced their summer schedules at other airports. This is not a situation peculiar to Liverpool.”
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