According to this message in Dutch newspaper Telegraaf,
Ryanair schrapt vluchten Weeze AMSTERDAM (AFN) - Luchtvaartmaatschappij Ryanair schrapt dertien bestemmingen vanaf het vliegveld Airport Weeze vlakbij de Nederlandse grens. Het low-budget luchtvaartbedrijf zei dinsdag dat het deze maatregel neemt in reactie op de invoering van een nieuwe toeristenbelasting in Duitsland.
De routes vervallen vanaf de zomerdienstregeling van volgend jaar. Het gaat om vluchten van en naar onder meer Berlijn, Krakow, Oslo, Santander en Zaragoza. In totaal gaat het wekelijks om 84 vluchten.
Ook op enkele andere Duitse luchthavens worden vluchten geschrapt. Vanaf de luchthaven Berlijn Schönefeld vervallen vier vluchten, vanuit Bremen acht vluchten en vanaf Frankfurt-Hahn negen vluchten.
Ryanair cancels 84 weekly flights from Weeze (NRN/Germany) to 13 destinations as a result of a new German tourist tax. Destinations affected include Berlin, Krakow, Oslo, Santander and Zaragoza. RYR also skips 4 flights from its base at Berlin/SXF, 8 from Bremen and 9 from Frankfurt-Hahn.
Ryanair skips 13 destinations from Weeze, summer 2011
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Ryanair skips 13 destinations from Weeze, summer 2011
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Re: Ryanair skips 13 destinations from Weeze, summer 2011
frank kramer wrote:According to this message in Dutch newspaper Telegraaf,
Het low-budget luchtvaartbedrijf zei dinsdag dat het deze maatregel neemt in reactie op de invoering van een nieuwe toeristenbelasting in Duitsland.
Well done by Ryanair to use the German touristtax as reason to shutdown bad performing routes...
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Re: Ryanair skips 13 destinations from Weeze, summer 2011
It seems the German government are as hell-bent to destroy jobs in the aviation industry as is the British government.
Could not Ryanair move these routes to an airport in the Netherlands where airport taxes are nowhere as prohibitive as they are in Germany?.
Could not Ryanair move these routes to an airport in the Netherlands where airport taxes are nowhere as prohibitive as they are in Germany?.
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Re: Ryanair skips 13 destinations from Weeze, summer 2011
Moving their Weeze base to the Netherlands is not (yet) an option, due to the opening times at Eindhoven (which is the prime location for Ryanair to possibly open a new base). Due to the opening times at Weeze, which are better for Ryanair, based aircraft can fly a round-trip more per day than if they were based at Eindhoven.
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