CALLS ON GOVT TO SCRAP AVIATION TAX TO GROW TRAFFIC & TOURISM
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Wed, 17 Sep) announced that it will remove 3 based aircraft and close 3 routes (Billund, Santander & Tallin) from Vienna for Winter ’25. This is due to Austria’s punitive €12 Aviation Tax and excessive Vienna airport fees – which have rocketed by 30% since Covid – damaging Austria’s competitiveness as a destination, compared to lower cost EU countries like Sweden, Hungary, and regional Italy, all of whom are scrapping aviation taxes, and cutting airport fees to grow traffic and tourism. (....)