Ryanair will withdraw all 4 Budapest routes, (Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands and Glasgow Prestwick) from 31st Oct unless the announced cost increase at Budapest Airport is reversed, as increased costs are a major constraint to developing tourism in Hungary.

Speaking in Budapest today, Ryanair’s Sales and Marketing Manager, Laszlo Tamas said:

“Ryanair calls on the Budapest Airport to reverse its insane decision to increase costs or lose Ryanair’s flights and traffic to/from Budapest from 31st October. Ryanair’s low fares with a no fuel surcharge guarantee deliver millions of euro in tourism revenues and over 200,000 annual passengers which support 200 local jobs, all of which will be lost unless the proposed cost increase is scrapped.

Budapest Airport must follow the example of the Belgian, Spanish and Italian airports and other CEE airports such as Riga, Kaunas, Krakow and Bratislava who are lowering costs and working with Ryanair to develop tourism, not push it away.

Budapest Airport’s traffic was down 4% last year to just 8 million passengers. Ryanair will be calling on the new Hungarian government to put pressure on the Budapest Airport monopoly to lower costs and allow airlines to develop tourism in Hungary.”

For further information contact Laszlo Tamas, Ryanair by clicking here
+ 353 1 508 1789

Notes: Ryanair is the World’s favourite airline with 41 bases and 1100+ low fare routes across 26 countries, connecting 153 destinations. Ryanair operates a fleet of 232 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 82 new aircraft (before taking account of planned disposals), which will be delivered over the next 2.5 years. Ryanair currently has a team of more than 7,000 people and expects to carry approximately 73 million passengers in the current year.