the government cancels the increase in the city tax of 2.5 euro from September 1 and change the guidelines (which will allow regional airports to compete on equal terms with those of Rome Milan) and Ryanair will invest one billion dollars by 2017 in Italy. The leadership of the company low yesterday presented the development plan which will produce, direct and indirect, 2,250 new jobs (including 200 pilots, flight attendants and engineers will take on the company headquartered them in Dublin, the rest will come from the induced).
The project
Between the projects announced by CEO Michael O’Leary
, the allocation of 10 new aircraft, 44 new routes (half of Rome and Milan, and the rest from regional airports) and 3,000,000 more passengers. “This is the biggest investment that we made in Italy – says O’Leary, flanked by the Minister of Transport, Graziano Delrio, and the president, Vito Riggio -. So we hope to reach 32 million passengers this year and 35 million in 2017 (+ 10%). ”
New routes and 100,000 tickets at 8 euro
the torn rates charged by Ryanair have made her the most popular airline in Europe
, with 117 million passengers annually aboard more than 1,800 daily flights from 84 bases connecting over 200 destinations in 33 countries. To celebrate the urban development plan the Irish carrier has sold 100,000 tickets on its website just 8 Euros each which can be booked by Thursday, August 18 for travel between October and November. Among the new routes Malpensa-Gran Canaria, Rome-Lourdes-Bucharest and Palermo, Pescara – Copenhagen, Pescara – Krakow, Roma – Nuremberg, Bologna – Lisbon, Bologna – Eindhoven, Bergamo – Edinburgh, Trapani – Prague, Bergamo – Luxembourg, Treviso – Krakow, Bergamo – Vigo, Bari – Liverpool and Palermo – Bucharest.
the government: a sign of confidence in Italy
for its part, “the government continues in the alignment path with European standards
, to increase services to citizens and create opportunities for all investors – notes Delrio – and of course we greet positively Ryanair’s 2017 business plan, which allows longer flights, more opportunities for tourism and especially more employment ‘. O’Leary thanked the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and the same Delrio: “Without their work we would not have this plan.” To stimulate the Dublin company was also the adoption of some measures by the government as “the cancellation of the increase in municipal tax – says O’Leary – and reformulation of airport guidelines to comply with Community rules.” Measure that also includes incentives for starting and development by carriers and choices on airport charges. In addition the company low cost has decided to suspend the closure of its base in Pescara, announced in recent months, and immediately put on sale tickets for flights from this airport. “We remain in talks with the airport of Alghero – O’Leary adds – and we are confident to close a similar agreement with them when, in early September, will conclude the privatization project underway, that could allow Alghero to reopen at the end November. “
the record injection of $ 1 billion” is really a sign of confidence in Italy that comforts us much – Delrio says – and says that the idea of more and more liberalized airspace safely and enhance regional airports, especially in the south, we care particularly, will be an important driving force for development in 2017. And expect other foreign carriers exploit this trend. ” Casting a glance to the economy, the minister stressed that to grow the GDP (after braking in the second quarter 2016) serve investments: why the government “will continue to attract private ones.” And for those public the executive “in recent days launched a plan of over 20 billion – looks Delrio – which are the second leg of a table which I hope always will strengthen more.” And Riggio nods: “The development of air transport is the primary for the growth of the entire country system and these development plans are to ENAC opportunity for growth and further commitment to safety and quality.”
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