Irish carrier Ryanair, reaffirmed its commitment to Germany’s regions, announcing two new aircraft and over 800,000 additional seats and 14 new routes for summer 2025. The carrier stated investments in the regions will not compensate for the loss of more than 1.8 million seats in major cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig and Dortmund.
Ryanair’s investments in the regions will bring one new aircraft to Baden-Baden and Dusseldorf Niederrhein in summer 2025, as well as 800,000 new seats and 14 new routes at five German regional airports, return to Hamburg Lübeck for first time in a decade.
In an statement the carrier added “Investments at these airports could be far greater were it not for the high and ever-increasing aviation and security taxes that continue to hold back traffic, tourism, jobs and Germany’s post-Covid economic recovery.”
Ryanair DAC CEO Eddie Wilson said “While the German aviation market continues to collapse due to the government’s abject failure to reduce high access costs (air traffic tax, security and air traffic control fees), a few German regional airports such as Baden-Baden, Bremen, Lübeck, Münster and Niederrhein have acted with foresight and offset these high security and aviation costs through lower airport fees. As a direct result of the cost certainty offered by these five regional airports, Ryanair has created two new aircraft (investment of US$ 200 million), over 800,000 seats and 14 new routes for summer 2025, including the resumption of operations in Lübeck.”
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