Budget carrier Ryanair has announced its latest Italian base will be Venice Marco Polo where it will base three new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and introduce 18 new routes.
The new services will bring the total number of flights the carrier offers from the airport to over 160 a week on a total of 24 routes and marks a big investment for the budget carrier at the airport. The additions to the route network will significantly enhance Venice’s domestic & international connectivity to 12 European countries from Summer 2022, which is partly why Ryanair has negotiated preferential and much lower airport charges.
Ryanair's Venice Marco Polo Airport's routes include GdaĆsk, Helsinki, Lisbon, Barcelona and Stockholm.
Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said: "As Europe and Italy’s largest airline, we are delighted to open our newest Italian base at Venice Marco Polo."
Camillo Bozzolo, Commercial Director Aviation SAVE Group, said: "The activation of Ryanair’s new base in Venice strengthens the carrier’s presence in our territory, accelerating the resumption of traffic started at the beginning of June with the opening of the Treviso base. For the SAVE Group, this represents confirmation of the centrality of the airports managed in the development strategies of the main carriers, which will speed up the recovery of pre-pandemic traffic volumes.
Thanks to the 3 aircraft that will be based at Marco Polo, the offer of outgoing destinations aimed at our catchment area will expand, thus connecting more and more niche destinations that will enrich the network of destinations served by the airport."
Ryanair has barred some passengers who received 'chargeback' refunds for Covid-disrupted flights from travelling with the low-cost airline, unless they return the money. MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal some holidaymakers who booked trips for this year were later told they could only fly if they gave back the refunds, in one case just days before travel.
We've seen dozens of reports of similar issues on the MoneySavingExpert (MSE) Forum and on social media, and we've spoken to three passengers who were told they could not fly until they returned the money. The amounts range from £400 to £630 and were awarded to passengers via the chargeback process for flights not taken because of Government advice.
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