3 Aerei Basati, 38 Rotte Estive In Totale

Ryanair, la compagnia aerea numero 1 in Europa e in Italia, festeggia oggi (23 giugno) i 15 anni a Cagliari con un trend positivo delle prenotazioni per l’estate e 38 rotte totali, inclusi 4 nuovi entusiasmanti collegamenti per Palma, Norimberga, Carcassonne e Poznan per questa estate. I 3 aeromobili di Ryanair basati a Cagliari, che rappresentano un investimento di 300 milioni di dollari, migliorano significativamente la connettività nazionale e internazionale della Sardegna e sostengono 90 posti di lavoro altamente retribuiti nel settore dell’aviazione e oltre 2.000 posti di lavoro indiretti presso l’Aeroporto di Cagliari.

Il più grande operativo di Ryanair per l’estate 2022 su Cagliari offrirà:

• 3 aerei basati
• $300M investimento a Cagliari
• 38 rotte totali
• Oltre 350 voli a settimana
• Oltre 2.000 posti di lavoro totali (inclusi 90 diretti)

Sono passati 15 anni dal primo volo di Ryanair da Cagliari a Pisa nel 2007, e per celebrare questo importante traguardo Ryanair ora offre una maggiore connettività a Cagliari con oltre 350 voli settimanali (oltre 120 in più rispetto al periodo pre-pandemico) verso oltre 10 Paesi, per dare ai propri clienti un’ampia scelta di destinazioni europee di spicco, dando inoltre al turismo sardo lo stimolo necessario.

Affinché Ryanair possa garantire una maggiore crescita e ripresa in Italia, la compagnia aerea chiede ancora una volta al Governo italiano di eliminare la “tassa sul turismo” su tutti i viaggi aerei dal 2022 al 2025.

Per consentire ai nostri clienti e visitatori di Cagliari di prenotare la loro vacanza estiva al miglior prezzo possibile, stiamo lanciando una promozione con tariffe disponibili da soli 21,99 € a tratta fino a ottobre, che devono essere prenotati entro sabato 25 giugno. Dal momento che queste incredibili tariffe basse andranno a ruba rapidamente, invitiamo i clienti a collegarsi a www.ryanair.com/ per evitare di perderle.

Da Cagliari, il Country Manager di Ryanair per l’Italia Mauro Bolla, ha dichiarato:

“In qualità di compagnia aerea n. 1 in Italia ed in Europa Ryanair è lieta di celebrare il 15º anniversario a Cagliari, con 20 milioni di passeggeri trasportati fino ad oggi, ottime performance a livello di prenotazioni estive e un’abbondanza di scelta per i nostri clienti con oltre 350 voli settimanali su 38 rotte, tra cui nuove entusiasmanti destinazioni come Palma, Norimberga, Carcassone, Poznan.

Per accelerare la ripresa del turismo, chiediamo al Governo italiano di eliminare su tutti i viaggi aerei dal 2022 al 2025 la “tassa sul turismo”, che danneggia la competitività degli aeroporti italiani rispetto ai loro omologhi europei. L’eliminazione di questa tassa faciliterebbe una rapida ripresa del traffico aereo italiano e dei posti di lavoro grazie alle tariffe basse di Ryanair e al piano di crescita a lungo termine.

Per consentire ai nostri clienti e visitatori da/per Cagliari di prenotare la loro vacanza estiva al prezzo più basso, lanciamo una promozione con tariffe disponibili da soli 21,99 € per viaggi fino a ottobre 2022, che devono essere prenotati entro sabato 25 giugno. Dal momento che queste tariffe super convenienti andranno a ruba rapidamente, i clienti sono invitati ad affrettarsi ad accedere a www.ryanair.com per evitare di perderle.”

Renato Branca, amministratore delegato SOGAER, ha dichiarato:

“Oggi l’Aeroporto di Cagliari e Ryanair festeggiano il successo di una partnership che in 15 anni si è saputa evolvere e migliorare tanto da fare della Summer 2022 l’estate più ricca di sempre in termini di collegamenti, frequenze e posti offerti. L’arrivo del terzo aeromobile basato ha impresso una netta accelerazione allo sviluppo del network di Ryanair a Cagliari che, con 4 nuove rotte internazionali, è il più vario e denso della storia del nostro aeroporto.

Il nostro intento naturalmente è quello di crescere ancora: gli oltre 350 voli che quest’estate ogni settimana Ryanair opera da Cagliari per destinazioni nazionali ed estere non sono che un punto di partenza”.

3 Based Aircraft, 25 Total Summer Routes & 2 New Routes For Winter’22

Ryanair, Europe, and Ireland’s No.1 airline today (22^nd June) celebrates the milestone anniversary of 35 years of operations in Cork with strong Summer bookings for Ryanair’s record Cork Summer schedule of 25 routes to exciting destinations such as Alghero, Barcelona, and Venice. Ryanair’s 3 Cork based aircraft, represent an investment of $300M, significantly enhancing the Munster region’s connectivity and supporting 90 highly paid aviation jobs and almost 1,500 indirect jobs at Cork Airport. This connectivity will continue to grow with the recently announced upcoming Winter’22/23 schedule which includes new routes to Newcastle and Rome, both operating twice weekly from the end of October.

It has been 35 years since Ryanair’s first flight took off from Cork to London Luton in 1987, and to mark this important milestone Ryanair is now offering enhanced connectivity to/from Cork. Over 240 weekly flights (over 70 more than pre pandemic), give Cork’s holiday makers an abundance of choice to top European destinations whilst also giving tourism in the Munster region a much-needed boost.

To celebrate today’s anniversary at Cork, Ryanair has launched a limited-time seat sale with fares available from just €21.99 on new routes for travel from August 2022 until October 2022. To avail of these fantastic low fares, customers must log on to www.ryanair.com and book by the 24^th of June 2022.

From Cork, Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Jade Kirwan said:

“As Ireland’s no.1 airline, Ryanair is delighted to mark the milestone of 35 years of operations from Cork Airport with a strong Summer bookings performance and an abundance of choice for our Cork customers with over 240 weekly flights across 25 routes, including exciting destinations such as Alghero, Barcelona, and Venice.

We have enjoyed a 35 year relationship with Cork Airport and hope that this will continue to strengthen over the coming years. Ryanair are providing increased choice and capacity for Summer’22 and Winter’22 and hope to consolidate for next year but this would wholly depend on Cork Airport not increasing their charges, as other Irish airports have proposed.

To once again support Ireland’s tourism traffic and celebrate today’s milestone, Ryanair has launched a limited-time seat sale with fares available from just €21.99 for travel from August’22 until October’22, which must be booked by the 24^th of June 2022. To avail of these fantastic low fares, which will be snapped up quickly, customers must log on to www.ryanair.com to avoid missing out.”

Cork Airport’s Acting Managing Director, Roy O’Driscoll said:

“We’re particularly delighted to celebrate 35 years of Ryanair operations at Cork Airport. With 27 scheduled services this year, 2022 has really shown the growth trajectory that Ryanair are on in Cork and across their route network. We’re delighted with the winter schedule announced today which will see the extension of a number of summer routes into the winter but in particular, the addition of Rome and Newcastle.”

€20m INVESTMENT & OVER 250 JOBS

Ryanair today (21^st June) announced an agreement with Malta Enterprise and INDIS for a Hangar facility at Malta International Airport, which will receive its first Ryanair Group aircraft in October 2022. With over 2,500 engineers across Europe, Ryanair Engineering is responsible for all aircraft maintenance activities, ensuring that Ryanair, Malta Air, Lauda and Buzz aircraft carry their customers to their destinations safely and on time.

Today’s announcement marks the first phase of a €20m three bay heavy maintenance project in Malta, which will create over 250 highly skilled jobs, including licensed engineers, mechanics, and support staff, in addition to the 250 people already employed by Ryanair Group subsidiaries headquartered in Malta, including airlines Malta Air and Lauda Europe. Since its first flight to Malta in 2006, Ryanair has carried almost 19 million customers to/from Malta and is leading Malta’s post-Covid recovery with a record 62 routes this summer.

Prime Minister Dr. Robert Abela, speaking at the Auberge de Castille today, said:

“This investment is indeed another milestone in our thriving aviation history. Twenty million euro investment in new repairs and maintenance facilities in Malta will lead to 250 new careers over a few years.

By setting up a heavy maintenance and repairs operation in Malta, a significant pillar in the aviation industry, Ryanair will now turn its Maltese operations into a full-service hub. Adding Ryanair to the sector will continue to improve our already good reputation as a hub for aircraft maintenance and repairs.

I reiterate our commitment to ensure we have our educational institutions and specialized academies to prepare our workforce for the industry. To this effect, we plan to deliver our support towards technical upskilling programmes, led by the industry itself, to address the skills gap in the aviation sector. My vision is that this could be the precursor to a technical institute that will support the required human capital for this and other industries in the years to come.”

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said:

“As the largest airline serving Malta, Ryanair is delighted to open this new maintenance centre. Ryanair creates opportunities for highly skilled engineering jobs, with our industry leading rosters and youngest fleet in Europe. This €20m investment plan further underlines Ryanair’s commitment to the highest standards of aircraft operations & maintenance, and also Ryanair’s commitment to Malta, where we offer a record 62 routes this summer and lead Malta’s post-Covid tourism recovery.”

Malta Air CEO David O’Brien said:

“Malta Air and its sister Ryanair Group companies in Malta have become major contributors to Malta’s development as an Aviation Centre of Excellence. We are pleased to welcome this new maintenance organisation to our growing team of aviation professionals employed here in Malta.”

Minister Nagy Should Scrap His Dishonest ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

Ryanair, Hungary’s No.1 airline, today (20 June) called on Minister of Economic Development, Márton Nagy, to apologise to Hungarian visitors and families for misleading them with false claims about his ‘excess profits’ tax, which will penalise Hungarian visitors and families from 1 July next.

On Saturday last, Minister Nagy made the following false claims:

1. He falsely claimed that Ryanair is ‘Europe’s most profitable airline’, despite Ryanair having recently announced 2 years of record losses.
   
   
2. Minister Nagy falsely claimed that his new ‘excess profits’ tax is paid without any problems in other European counties. No other European country applies an ‘excess profits’ tax on a loss-making industry like airlines.
   
   
3. Minister Nagy then misled Hungarian families when he falsely claimed that ‘no one passes on the extra profits special taxes to the population’. As Minister Nagy well knows, under EU law, EU Reg 1008/2008 all airlines are free to set airfares for intra-EU air services as they so choose, without any interference from national Govt.’s or their ‘consumer protection agencies’ (see attached EU Reg 1008/2008).
   
   
4. Ryanair will be passing on Minister Nagy’s idiotic ‘excess profits’ tax to all passengers travelling on its flights to/from Hungary after 1 July. For passengers who had made bookings to travel after 1 July, prior to the imposition of this idiotic ‘excess profits’ tax, those passengers have been offered the opportunity to cancel their flights and receive full refunds. Less than 3% of Ryanair’s passengers have chosen to cancel, and the remaining 97% will be required to pay Minister Nagy’s idiotic ‘excess profits’ tax (imposed on airlines who are making records losses) if they wish to fly after 1 July next.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:

“We remain surprised that at Minister Márton Nagy continues to make false claims and misleading statements to Hungarian families and visitors. At a time when European airlines have made record losses, there is clearly no basis for his ‘excess profits’ tax. His claim that other EU airlines charge an ‘excess profits’ tax on air travel is also false.

Minister Nagy should be under no doubt that European airlines are free to set airfares as they so choose under EU law, and if he chooses to impose extra taxes on or after 1 July, then these taxes must be paid by Hungarian families and visitors who fly after that date.

Minister Nagy should now apologise for introducing an idiotic “excess profits” tax on a loss-making industry, and he should also apologise for misleading Hungarian families and visitors who will have to pay this tax if they wish to fly to/from Hungary from 1 July next. Better still, instead of apologising, Minister Nagy should scrap this idiotic tax which has no place in a loss-making industry like airlines, who have suffered 2 years of devastating losses thanks to Covid-19, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”

EU Regulation 1008/2008

SAVING SUMMER HOLIDAYS FOR UK FAMILIES

Ryanair, UK’s No.1 airline, today (20 June) launched 200 rescue flights on its routes from 19 UK airports to Europe to facilitate UK families whose flights are being cancelled by BA, easyJet & TUI.

While BA, easyJet & TUI cancel thousands of flights disrupting the holiday plans of UK families, Ryanair is operating over 15,000 weekly flights and has added over 1,000 extra flights for July & August.

These low fare rescue flights are available now at Ryanair.com for travel until the end of September but must be booked by midnight Thursday (23 June). Sample routes include:

Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:

“While BA, easyJet & TUI cancel thousands of flights across the UK causing travel disruption for UK families, Ryanair continues to operate a full schedule with over 15,000 weekly flights, and today (20 June) we have added over 200 extra flights from/to our 19 UK airports to help the BA, easyJet & TUI customers who have been disrupted by these cancellations. UK families can now rest easy in the knowledge that Ryanair will fly them to/from their summer holiday destination to enjoy some well-deserved time off with friends and family.

These low fare rescue flights are available on the Ryanair website now until midnight Thursday 23 June – so make sure to book these rescue extra flights today on Ryanair.com to avoid missing out!”

Calls On Minister Nagy To Explain Why Airlines Who Reported Record Losses Due To Covid And Ukraine Are Suffering An ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

Ryanair, Hungary’s No.1 airline, this morning called on Minister of Economic Development, Márton Nagy, to explain why;

1. Airlines are being levied an excess profits ‘tax’, to ‘protect Hungarian families’, when airlines are reporting record losses due to Covid and the Ukraine invasion.
2. Why are Hungarian families and visitors being asked to pay higher fares when air travel to/from Hungary has suffered 2 years of Covid and Ukraine losses?
3. How does raising taxes on air travel ‘help’ Hungarian families.

This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality. When other EU Govt’s are cutting travel taxes/airport charges to recover traffic, tourism and jobs post Covid (and the Ukraine invasion), Hungary’s Minister Nagy is following a new and failed economic strategy of imposing ‘excess profits’ tax on loss making airlines like Ryanair and Wizz, which will further reduce the competitiveness of Hungary’s air travel and tourism industries.

Ryanair welcomes the proposed consumer protection investigation and calls on the Budapest City Council to extend this probe to investigate how the Hungarian Govt. is introducing an ‘excess profits’ tax on a loss-making industry such as airlines. When the loss-making airlines are trying to recover from Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the last thing we or passengers need is an ‘excess profits’ tax. Perhaps Minister Nagy can explain why this idiotic tax is being imposed on the loss-making airline sector.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said:

“One can understand why the Hungarians might impose an excess profits tax on the oil and gas sectors, who are making windfall profits as a result of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. But to extend this ‘excess profits’ tax to a loss making industry like air travel, which is struggling to recover from 2 years of Covid, and the more recent impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, shows that Minister Nagy has forgotten his economics. We will be sending him a new booklet ‘Economics for Dummies’, which we hope he will study so he can now explain why an ‘excess profits’ tax is being imposed on a loss-making industry like airlines. These taxes cannot be borneby loss-making airlines, hard-pressed passengers or their families, and will therefore lead to a dramatic fall in air traffic in Hungary at a time when Hungary’s tourism sector is preparing for post-Covid recovery.

At a time when many other EU countries are lowering taxes and fees to recover traffic, tourism and jobs, the Hungarian Govt. is doing the opposite by making air travel to/from Hungary more expensive and less competitive, which will damage Hungarian air-traffic, tourism and jobs recovery. We call on Minister Nagy to reverse this idiotic ‘excess profits’ tax, or at least confine it to industries like oil or gas who are making windfall profits, and not airlines who are reporting record losses”.

Scandal Of Wealthy Long-Haul Passengers Evading Fair Share Of Environmental Taxes Must End

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (14^th June) welcomed the vote of 8^th June in the European Parliament to extend Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme (“ETS”) to all long-haul flights departing the European Union.  This will mean that the richest passengers, on the most polluting long-haul flights, will finally pay their fair share of ETS enviro taxes.

Under Europe’s current broken environmental policy, EU citizens flying on short-haul flights, which account for less than 50% of EU aviation CO2 emissions, pay 100% of Europe’s ETS (see graph below). This discrimination means that Europe’s poorest, most price sensitive families are subsidising rich, long-haul passengers travelling to/from the European Union who pay zero. This inexplicable discrimination and unfairness must now end.

It is time that wealthy long-haul passengers pay their fair share of Europe’s ETS. It is inexplicable and deeply unfair that long-haul flights, which account for over 52% of European aviation’s CO2, are exempt from paying any environmental taxes or ETS (and are also exempt from the proposed tax on jet fuel). Why should the richest citizens of Russia, China, India and the USA pay zero ETS or jet fuel taxes on their polluting long-haul flights to/from Europe, while Europe’s hard-pressed citizens, families and holiday makers, who account for less than 50% of Europe’s CO2 emissions, pay 100% of Europe’s ETS aviation taxes. Ryanair welcomes this European Parliament vote which at least introduces more fairness and equity in environmental taxation of flights operating to/from Europe.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said:

“We welcome this European Parliament vote to bring Europe’s most polluting long-haul flights, within the scope of Europe’s ETS environmental tax regime. It is absurd, unfair, and inexplicable that short-haul flights across Europe, which are taken by hard-pressed European consumers and their families, pay all of Europe’s ETS taxes yet they account for less than 50% of Europe’s aviation CO2 emissions. It is high time that the richest visitors to/from Europe travelling on long-haul flights paid their fair share of environmental taxes, and this exemption of long-haul flights under the ETS regime (which was designed to further subsidise and support high fare flag carriers like Air France, Lufthansa, KLM and others) is ended. The richest long-haul passengers should pay their fair share of European ETS taxes, and hard pressed European consumers and their families should only pay a lower, more equitable share of ETS taxes, when their short-haul flights account for less than 50% of European aviation CO2 emissions.

We now call on the EU’s Member States and the European “Green Deal” Commissioner Frans Timmermans to support this European Parliament vote and finally require high fare flag carriers like KLM, Air France and Lufthansa to pay their fair share of ETS taxes by including long-haul flights, that account for more than 50% of European aviation CO2 emissions, within the ETS.”