Ryanair to significantly reduce its operations at German airports, over continued aviation tax dispute

Ryanair is to reduce its operations from German airports during the summer period of 2025. The low-cost carrier is to cut 1.8 million seats from its schedule along with 22 routes. This is due to a dispute between the airline and the German government over aviation tax and air traffic control fees, which the airline has said is “hampering recovery and growth.” “Germany has only recovered 82% of its pre-Covid traffic volume, making it by far the worst-performing aviation market in Europe. Due to these high government taxes and fees (the highest in Europe), as well as Lufthansa’s high-price monopoly,