Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has added six new routes to its Budapest flight schedule in the summer. The news was announced by Michael O'Leary, the airline's CEO, in a video filmed from the Hungarian capital on the Ryanair press team's social media page.
O'Leary checked in from the lower platform at Pest, with the castle in the background, and said this summer from Budapest
- to frankfurt,
- To Faro, Portugal,
- to Milan,
- To Skiathos Island,
- to Tirana,
- New flights are being launched to Trieste.
The CEO also revealed that a total of 66 routes are now available for Hungarian passengers, and added that two new aircraft will be sent to Budapest this summer.
“Greetings from Budapest, where the sun always shines,” O'Leary said goodbye in the video.
Now east to the “Pearl of the Danube!” 🇭🇺
Following Austria's announcement this morning, we are pleased to confirm 6 new routes (66 total) and 2 new aircraft for Budapest this summer:
✈️ Frankfurt, Faro, Milan, Skiathos, Trieste and Tirana
From Hungary, Michael had this to say: pic.twitter.com/yzIvpFvOv9
– Ryanair press team (RyanairPress) February 20, 2024
Wizz Air also hit
the file According to his report, the CEO also criticized the airline Wizz Air at the press conference held in Budapest after the announcement. He mentioned that
With the new routes, Ryanair will overtake its competitor in 2024 and become the largest airline in Hungary.
Furthermore, O'Leary also said that Hungary-based Wizz Air is operating at higher costs, canceling flights in Budapest, keeping Airbus planes on the ground, and trying to find new markets where Ryanair is not present.
Moreover, he again spoke at the press conference against the environmental protection tax imposed on airlines, which, according to him, exacerbates competition through higher prices, but also has a negative impact on traffic growth and limits passenger choices. Because of the tax issue, the CEO repeatedly went to members of the Hungarian government. At a previous press conference in Budapest, he went so far as to say that he believed members of the government were not calculating when the tax was invented.
Most of Ryanair's planes are copies of the Boeing 737. Recently, the plane manufacturer has been dealing with a crisis of confidence, with a new 737 MAX 9 last month making an emergency landing after one of its door panels broke off in midair.
However, the airline's CEO also stated in his press conference that the company still has confidence in Boeing, as it believes there is a quality control problem at the aircraft manufacturer. That's why they solve this problem by hiring their own engineers at the Seattle factory.
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