USELESS GREEN MINISTER RYAN SHOULD “GROW…OR GO”

Ryanair today (Fri 8^th Mar), called on Ireland’s Transport Minister, Eamon Ryan, to “Grow or Go” as Spanish airport operator AENA yesterday unveiled plans to accelerate its traffic growth by 10% from 283m passengers in 2023 to 310m passengers by 2026. Over that same 4 years, Dublin Airport will stagnate under its 32m passenger cap, while Irish Transport Minister Eamon Ryan refuses to act.

Minister Ryan’s National Aviation Policy commits him to grow routes, connectivity, tourism and jobs at Irish airports but all he has delivered after 4 years is a traffic cap at Dublin, which is sending Ireland’s aviation growth to Italy and Poland.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:

“While Spain’s traffic, tourism, and jobs grow thanks to Ryanair’s investment in new aircraft and new routes, Dublin Airport stagnates under a 15 year old, outdated, traffic cap, and the idle failure of Transport Minister Eamon Ryan to take any action to deliver his own aviation growth strategy. Green Minister Eamon Ryan won’t intervene, won’t grow, and his inaction means 4 years of stagnation in Irish aviation & tourism while Spain and other EU airports continues to grow, thanks to Ryanair’s investment. The message is clear for Irish aviation and Irish tourism, which has become the laughing stock of Europe; Minister Eamon Ryan should either Grow…. or Go.”