Ryanair: £1m and we’ll fly
From Todays Jersey Evening Post:-
RYANAIR want up to £1 million a year in subsidies for 12 years to operate a service from Jersey to Stansted.
Details of their demands were made public this morning by Jersey Transport Authority president Deputy Alastair Layzell, in reaction to the Tourism Committee’s comments on the Oxera report into funding at the Airport.
Tourism president Deputy Imogen Nicholls had accused the JTA and Harbours and Airport Committee of a lack of innovation over their failure to attract low-cost airlines to the Island.
Deputy Layzell revealed that Ryanair were looking for a turnaround fee for a 737 aircraft of £100, rather than the £2,000 that Jersey Airport normally charges.
For that, they said they would offer a one-way fare of £45 and a return fare of £90 which Deputy Layzell said was not particularly cheap.
He said that the reduced landing charges could cost between £700,000 and £1 million per year in subsidies.
He said: ‘The Tourism Committee are playing to the gallery.’