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The policy of shifting to bigger airports will not necessary make life easier for Ryanair. There are gains achieved in terms of big airports they already fly to (like Madrid and Girona in Spain), but the situation elsewhere might become much more complicated. Ciampino's existence as civil airport is uncertain in a long term, moving e.g. from Bratislava to Schwechat didn't help others in any way (as in the Sky Europe case), now the clouds are gathering over Berlin as well.
The Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit will start the official consultation process with airlines and associations on 5 October, but there are substantial fears the capital of Germany could in 2012 face an exodus of low-cost airlines anyway. Although differentiated according to the services required, all fees at the new BBI Schönefeld are going to rise substantially and the airlines will have to pay probably twice as much per passenger as today. "If it stays as expensive as previously announced, we will not fly there in the future any more," said O'Leary in his interview with "Wirtschaftswoche".