WITH 2 NEW BASED AIRCRAFT (33% INCREASE), 10 NEW ROUTES, 60 NEW JOBS FOR SWEDEN

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (25 Sep) welcomed the Swedish Government’s pragmatic and forward-thinking decision to abolish the Aviation Tax from 1 July 2025, which will lower high access costs and make Sweden more competitive and attractive for airlines, like Ryanair, to invest and deliver low fare connectivity, traffic, jobs and economic growth. As a result of this strategic move, Ryanair will add 2 extra B737 aircraft to its Sweden-based fleet ($200m invest.) for Summer 2025 – 1 in Arlanda & 1 in Gothenburg – creating 60 new high-paid jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers locally, and delivering 10 new Ryanair routes for Swedish citizens/visitors.

While the removal of the Aviation Tax is a huge step forward for Sweden’s development, Ryanair’s significant $200m investment of 2 extra aircraft, 10 new routes and 60 new direct jobs for Sweden, it could still be jeopardised if airport operator Swedavia increases airport charges for 2025. Any airport charge increase by Swedavia would undo the positive effect of tax reductions and would undermine the Govt’s efforts to reduce access costs and attract more airline investment and growth to Sweden.

To celebrate the Govt’s decision to abolish the Aviation Tax and bolster Sweden’s post-Covid recovery, Ryanair is launching a seat sale with flights from SEK 189 only at ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said:

“As Europe’s No. 1 airline, Ryanair is thrilled to announce significant growth and expansion in Sweden, following the Swedish Govt’s forward-thinking decision to abolish the harmful Aviation Tax, which has been holding back Sweden’s post-Covid recovery and stifling traffic, jobs, and economic growth. Abolishing this tax will bring Sweden’s cost competitiveness more in line with its EU counterparts and allow Ryanair to deliver record growth and investment in Sweden.

In direct response to the removal of the Aviation Tax, Ryanair will rapidly increase capacity in Sweden by adding 2 extra based aircraft at our Arlanda and Gothenburg bases for Summer 2025 – a $200m investment that will create 60 direct local jobs – and by launching 10 new routes for Swedish citizens/visitors. This much-needed investment will be in addition to extraordinary growth in traffic to date, with Ryanair traffic in Sweden at 160% of pre-Covid levels. However, this extra growth and investment is contingent on Swedavia not increasing airport charges.

To celebrate this positive development for the future of aviation and connectivity in Sweden, Ryanair will now grow in Gothenburg by doubling the number of based aircraft to 2 in total, and will increase the aircraft based in Arlanda to 6 in total, an increase of 33% with a $200M investment, as well as 10 new routes to deliver 81 routes total to/from Sweden next Summer – an unprecedented level of growth thanks to the Government’s efforts to increase connectivity for Swedish citizens and inbound tourists. This reduction in tax will also act as a platform for further investment in aircraft, connectivity, tourism and jobs.”