European ultra low cost carrier Ryanair and the Spanish government are currently in a bit of a spat. Ryanair is used to going on the offense against regulators, but my goodness, Spanish regulators have just hit back in a way I’ve never seen before.
Ryanair is frequently at war with airports to keep fees low. In theory, low airport fees are a good thing, but there’s a balance needed, as airports also need critical infrastructure investments, and they have to be funded somehow.
The airline claims it has removed one million seats to Spain in its winter schedule, including closing one base, cutting all flights to three airports, reducing capacity at four other airports, and cutting a total of 36 nonstop flights. Ryanair claims that in regional Spain, airports are almost 70% empty.
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