Ryanair flight costs to rise for Frankfurt-Hahn

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Ryanair flight costs to rise for Frankfurt-Hahn

Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will increase its flight costs by up to 45 euros after a new German ticket tax was introduced.

Published on 06/09/2010 by Adam Walder | Read 3393 times.

The Irish airline Ryanair, which has many flights per day through the German airport Frankfurt-Hahn and is frequently used by Luxembourg residents, says that it will review its passenger numbers after a price rise up to 45 euros after a new German ticket tax was introduced. If numbers drop, it says that some routes may be discontinued.

Ryanair press officer for central Europe Henrike Schmidt told 352LUXMAG “With the German ticket tax we see a slight shift in terms of passengers. We suspect passengers will use neighouring airports in neighbouring countries. However, we are not pulling out of Frankfurt-Hahn.

It’s too early to say that. What we are saying now is that we are not going to be expanding in the region.”

Frankfurt-Hahn has become one of Ryanair’s biggest European hubs since it first flew there 10 years ago.

A spokeswoman for Frankfurt-Hahn airport Maria Horbert supported the statement, saying: “As far as I’m aware there are no plans to end Ryanair’s flights to Frankfurt-Hahn. If there are some routes where passengers won’t fly any more, then they may cut these routes. But they are not planning to pull out of the airport.”

The German tax on international air tickets was announced earlier in the summer to help the government save 80 billion euros by 2014. Exact details are unclear but it is expected to levy a minimum 15 euro price increase on all passengers leaving German airports on international flights. Domestic tickets are exempt.

The move makes Germany the fourth western European nation to introduce an aviation tax, after France, Great Britain and Ireland.