Ryanair anticipates in Vienna with increasing ticket prices

The low -cost airline Ryanair wants to offer five new flight connections from Austria in the summer of 2025 – four of them at airports away from Vienna. At a press conference on Wednesday in Vienna, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary again called for the abolition of the Air traffic tax in Austria and criticized that the Vienna Airport This year increased its fees by five percent.

Because of the lower fees at regional airports, the connections have been increasingly being expanded here, said the ire O’Leary. Flights should be from Linz in summer Bari, London and Alicante be offered. Alicante should then also be flown from Salzburg. From Vienna will only be Salerno offered as an additional Ryanair route.

The fleet stationed in Vienna had shrunk from 19 to 18 machines. If a future government does not abolish the air traffic tax of 12 euros per passenger, Ryanair will only grow “very little” in this country, said the Ryanair boss. He spoke of a passenger increase in annually 100,000 to a maximum of 200,000.

Without a ticket tax, Ryanair wants to grow by 50 % by 2030

If the tax is eliminated, Ryanair would “enable traffic growth of up to 50 percent in Austria by 2030,” said the airline. O’Leary himself spoke of a possible growth from currently 7 to 10 million passengers in Austria within two years after a possible end of the tax.

As soon as there is a new government, one will approach it, said Andreas Gruber, managing director of Laudamotion GmbH belonging to Ryanair. In previous talks, politics Understanding shown for the Ryanair demand, but it requires concrete action.

Higher frequency in Klagenfurt

There is no new connection at the airport in Klagenfurt, but it should partially increase the frequency, said Gruber. In summer, Palma is expected to be flown by the Carinthian airport five times a week.

Ryanair expects 206 million passengers worldwide for the coming financial year, which begins at the end of March – the number was recently revised downwards due to delivery difficulties at the Boeing aircraft farmer.

At the Vienna location, O’Leary expects increasing ticket prices in the current year. The price level is currently still slightly below that of “more mature markets like London, Madrid or Barcelona”, since many routes flown from Vienna still “In the growth phase” be. But prices would probably increase with less growth, said O’Leary.

Lufthansa boss has “world domination complex”

Against the background of several acquisitions, O’Leary then assumed a “world domination complex” to the Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr. The Italian ITA, in which the Aua mother Lufthansa had recently got on, will certainly be managed better under the new leadership than before, said the Ryanair boss. He expects the ITA to run similarly to other Lufthansa daughters – including Austrian Airlines – and Italian society will not expand its business and will flow to the parent company.

Delivery problems

A few days ago, Ryanair has new delivery Boeing 737 Max screwed down the passenger forecast again. Instead of 210 million, the low-cost airline now expects 206 million passengers for the 2025/2026 financial year, March 31 is. Originally, the airline had even targeted 215 million, this expectation was already Tilted in the previous year.

Because Ryanair expects Boeing Less new aircraft Before the important summer season. The delays are disappointing, but he was confident that a total of nine planes would arrive in good time, said Ryanair Finance Manager Neil Sorahan.