Ryanair intends to further expand its position in Austria with a “record winter flight schedule”, explained Ryanair CEO Michael O Leary at a press conference in Vienna. Accordingly, the low-cost airline is expanding its route network by 8 new destinations to a total of 70 routes that are served from Vienna. are new to the program Bremen (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), Manchester (Great Britain), Sibiu (Romania), Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) as well Genoa and Venice (Italy).
“Ryanair, as Europe’s largest and most reliable low-fare airline, is pleased to announce Vienna’s largest winter schedule to date, with 600 weekly flights on 70 routes,” notes O Leary. He also refers to the summer season: According to this, Ryanair had a load factor of 115 percent compared to the pre-Covid period.
Ryanair also takes off in Klagenfurt
Ryanair will also start from Klagenfurt with the winter flight schedule. “Ryanair will continue to ensure growth and drive the upswing in tourism in Austria, even if the Austrian government wastes EUR 300 million in tax money on state aid to the Lufthansa subsidiary AUA,” said the Ryanair CEO AUA don’t hold back. In doing so, they did nothing other than cancel routes and cut jobs.
O Leary draws up the following balance sheet for Vienna: With the winter flight plan, 17 aircraft are stationed in Vienna. With 600 weekly flights, 600 new jobs will be created, a total investment of 1.7 billion dollars.
Ryanair will not raise fares because of higher kerosene prices. Finally, the airline has hedged fuel costs to $68 a barrel (159 liters) through April. Apart from that, Ryanair wants to increase the proportion of sustainable kerosene in the coming years.
Source: Nachrichten
