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irish low cost carrier Ryanair has lost its two landing slots in Eindhoven airport After flights were repeatedly delayed, dutch Newspaper eindhovens dagblad Reported on Tuesday.
airport Coordination Netherlands (ACNL), the appointing body airport slot, found Ryanair Monday evening flights from Sofia, Bulgaria and Thursday evening flights from Pisa were consistently delayed, Italy,
As a result, ACNL removed the airline from two slots for next summer’s schedule, a penalty that is rarely issued, the newspaper said.
A Ryanair spokesperson said: “We have appealed this unprecedented, illogical and disproportionate decision by ACNL.” European Commission and this dutch courts, where we expect it will be overturned.
“ACNL is penalizing airlines for ATC [air traffic control] The delay causes flights to be delayed by only 15 minutes from their scheduled arrival time which is completely unreasonable for most Europeans. airports Where the bar is much higher and more reasonable.”
ACNL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last month, Ryanair plans to ax more flights were revealed european airports next summer.
budget airline countless french have to leave 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.
Speaking to the French magazine, ChallengesChief commercial officer Jason McGuinness blamed the tax increase for further cuts to its schedule.
Mr McGuinness said: “What they don’t understand is that when you increase taxes by 180 per cent in Bergerac or Brive, it simply makes those taxes go up airports “Economically unviable for us as we operate on very low 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.”