Wizz Air will serve 31% more passengers than Ryanair in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Caucuses this winter, according a new report that cites Official Aviation Guide (OAG) data.
While the Hungary-headquartered airline runs 651 routes to, from and in CEE, this figure is 514 for Ryanair. That
Ryanair’s ongoing dispute with the Hungarian government escalated last week, as the company’s CEO dismissed Hungary’s revisions to its aviation tax as “idiotic and damaging”.
The stand-off over has pitted one of Europe’s most combative businessmen, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary, against Hungary’s pugnacious Prime
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said his budget airline has no plans to withdraw from Hungary but will cease some services in the winter months in response to the government’s “idiotic” windfall tax on airlines, at a press conference in the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Tuesday.
The move
A group of four European budget airlines have allied to lobby against them shouldering the bulk of the cost of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) aviation fuel reform. Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2 and Wizz Air say they support climate goals for every flight from Europe – not just internal EU
Europe’s largest airline Ryanair has announced plans to restore all of the flights from the Croatian capital of Zagreb that it suspended last month, while commencing services from Zagreb to Bratislava, Lviv and Corfu.
Ryanair launched its base in Zagreb, where it hosts three aircraft, last year and after
The Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of the Czech ticket seller Kiwi.com against Ryanair in a dispute over Kiwi’s practices for handling passenger data.
The legal win is a boost for the Czech company amid tensions with Ryanair which have seen the carrier threatening