Ryanair will not reopen five routes from Tallinn this winter that were already suspended in February, citing increased airport fees as the reason. Tallinn Airport denies it is raising costs and calls the move “pressure and scare tactics.”
“Our winter schedule will be 40 percent smaller because Tallinn Airport is increasing its airport charges by 70 percent,” Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer Jason McGuinness said at a press conference in Tallinn.
The affected routes are Milan Bergamo, Paphos, Rome Ciampino, Venice Treviso and Vienna.
McGuinness said he would like to think Ryanair will not shut down all its routes from Tallinn in the future, but the Estonian capital represents only a very small contribution for the airline. “Do we want to pull out of Tallinn? No. But if airport charges continue to rise, then probably yes,” he said.
“The current plan is not to pull out completely,” he added.
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