Ryanair continues to expand its fleet and flight offerings, but it’s taking advantage of a new fleet announcement to complain about fees at some popular European airports.
The budget airline, whose entire fleet consists of various models of Boeing 737, nearly 600 of them, is adding 29 more in 2025. Ryanair says that will result in over 2,000 more aviation jobs, while reducing CO2 emssions by 16% and noise by 40%.
But it’s sharing those expected benefits only with “efficient and low-cost” airports in EU countries that it says support aviation growth, including Sweden, Italy, Spain and Poland. None of the new planes will be based in countries it says have aviation fees and taxes that are too high, including the UK, France and Germany.
Ryanair’s communications manager Jade Kirwan, in a statement, said that “While most European airlines face capacity limitations, this new acquisition will allow Ryanair to increase its passenger numbers from 200 million in 2024 to 210 million in 2025… This will also create 2,000 new jobs at some of Europe’s most efficient low-cost airports, where governments are fostering sustainable aviation growth by eliminating aviation taxes and reducing airport charges.”
