Ryanair has announced two new routes for its winter schedule: Leeds-Bradford, UK to Poznan, Poland and Manchester to Derry.
Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, used the announcement as an opportunity to again call on the UK to suspend Air Passenger Duty (APD). “As consumer confidence in air travel steadily restores, Ryanair is once again calling on the UK Government to scrap or suspend APD to allow airlines to quickly recover connectivity, jobs and tourism in the aftermath of the pandemic. APD makes UK airports very uncompetitive compared to those in Europe, where Ryanair continues to add capacity having opened several new bases in recent months, including Agadir, Zagreb, Billund, Stockholm, Riga and Turin. While Ryanair is committed to the UK … the lack of Government support continues to create barriers to boosting traffic and growth.”