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Old 26th Feb 2024, 19:45
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From the article the other day from one of the bosses at Ryanair on its allocation.

Mr McGuinness said: “We’re working closely with some of these small regional UK airports, the likes of Norwich, Exeter, Teesside.

“But to be honest, they’re at an enormous disadvantage now versus their European competitors.

“We allocate capacity based on one metric only – that’s cost.

“We’ve done long-term deals with the likes of Dubrovnik and Tangier, our two new bases."

Mr McGuiness added: “Do we put capacity into those bases or do we put capacity into somewhere like Exeter or Teesside where we have the £13 departure penalty on those passengers?

“The answer is clear, we’re not going to do that because we are quite sensible in the way we allocate capacity.

“London will be always fine, but where UK APD is doing untold damage is to the regional UK airports.
“I think that’s going to get worse over the next number of years, predominantly because European airports are becoming significantly more competitive.”

So with them sort of views from Ryanair although I'm sure it's politically aimed, the likes of Teesside are having to do very lucrative deals for Ryanair. And I'm sure it will be the same if Mr Major wants Malaga and TFS.
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