Low-cost airline Ryanair gives up base in Frankfurt

Ryanair

For the crews, the airline offers alternative jobs in its rapidly growing European network.

(Photo: dpa)

Frankfurt Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Ryanair, is giving up its base at Frankfurt Airport. The five aircraft still stationed there would be redistributed to cheaper airports on March 31 of this year, the Irish company announced on Friday.
Ryanair started in Frankfurt in April 2017. At the time, Fraport lured the low-cost provider with significant discounts – to the annoyance of Lufthansa. The Irish airline aimed at private travelers and vacationers.
But the company was never able to fully realize its growth plans in the Main metropolis. The airline started with seven jets in 2017, in the summer of 2018 it should be twelve, later even 20. But then there were a maximum of ten aircraft. Most recently, five jets were stationed in Frankfurt.

Ryanair is known to be extremely tough with airport operators. But other airlines such as Lufthansa regularly complain about high fees – also in Frankfurt. Fraport, on the other hand, argues that airports, like everyone else in the aviation industry, are suffering severely from the crisis. At the same time, investments in the infrastructure would have to be financed in advance – in Frankfurt, for example, the ongoing construction of a third terminal.

Ryanair cited the increased take-off and landing fees at Germany’s largest airport at the turn of the year as the reason. The operating company Fraport has increased the fees for 2022 by 4.3 percent. The Hessian Ministry of Economics approved the Plus as the responsible authority at the end of last year.

In the following years, Fraport intends to raise the fees by four to six percent annually. However, those who travel with particularly efficient and quiet devices receive discounts.

Top jobs of the day

Find the best jobs now and
be notified by email.

Ryanair passengers with tickets already booked would be notified and refunded in the coming days. For the crews, Ryanair offers alternative jobs in its rapidly growing European network.

More: Airlines are facing a bumpy restart – but three factors are encouraging

.
source site-13