07 January, 2022

Ryanair to pull out of Frankfurt over fees row

The low-fare-high-fee carrier Ryanair will be axing flights from Frankfurt Airport from the end of March over a bitter row over new airport fees. 

Their massive airline's boss Eddie Wilson was quoted by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) that Ryanair will close its base at the airport and transfer 5 aircraft to different bases in Europe because the airport authorities would now lower is new fees far enough.

According to the report, airport operator Fraport raised fees by a modest 4.3 percent, an amount regretted by the firm's managers, but a necessary amount given the last couple of years the airport has endured. in a move which a spokesperson for Fraport initially said they regretted.

They say the new fee structure is extremely moderate when compared with other European airports of a similar size. Plus the fees have already been approved by the local Ministry of Economics and Transport.




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