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Ryanair Plan to stop flights to and from european airports Next summer, the airline’s commercial director has revealed.
Budget airline to lay off many French airports This has been described as an “unfeasible” tax increase in the country.
Ryanair had already announced that it would cancel all flights to Bergerac, Brive and Strasbourg in July.
This reduction in service is in line with Ryanair’s planned reductions 1.2 million seats Eliminate all flights to and from Asturias airports in your Spanish flight schedule next summer.
Now, speaking to the French magazine, ChallengesChief commercial officer Jason McGuinness said further cuts to its schedule were attributed to the tax increase.
McGuinness said: “What they don’t understand is that when you increase taxes by 180 per cent in Bergerac or Brive, it makes those airports economically unviable for us because we operate on very thin margins there.”
“Sure, we published very good results this week, but we, Europe’s leaders, will still lose money this winter.
“It therefore makes more sense for us to allocate capacity in regional Italy, for example, because in Italy, three regions – Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Calabria and Abruzzo – have phased out their variant aviation Tax. We allocate capacity on a lowest cost basis to offer the lowest prices.
He added: “Unfortunately, France is becoming less relevant for Ryanair.”
The new taxes will apply to all domestic and international flights originating from France. For domestic and intra-Europe flights, aviation tax has increased from €2.63 (£2.33) to €7.40 (£6.45) for economy bookings and from €20.27 (£17.90) to €30 (£26.50) in business class.
On long-haul flights from France there will now be a levy of €40 (£35) in economy and premium economy cabins and €120 (£160) in business.
This comes as Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy, Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged to maintain current level of air passenger duty In the UK in its upcoming budget.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, reported strong financial results this summerEarning about £25 per passenger. It made €1.72bn (£1.51bn) of profit after tax in the months of July, August and September during the second quarter of its financial year.
The director has also announced Substantial cuts to its German winter programThe decision was attributed to rising aviation taxes, ATC charges, security charges and airport costs.
The move by the Irish budget airline will lead to the loss of 800,000 seats and the cancellation of 24 routes at nine airports including Berlin, Hamburg and Memmingen.
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