(Finance) – Ryanair he advanced again request to the Italian Government to eliminate the municipal surcharge for all Italian airports. The removal of the surcharge – underlines the Irish airline – plays a crucial role in guiding the recovery of Italian tourism and guaranteeing Italy to remain competitive with other EU countries, which are trying to attract capacity from airlines to encourage the rapid recovery of the tourism sector.
Ryanair recalls that, following the temporary suspension of the municipal surcharge from August to December 2021, it launched 13 new routes and over 20 additional frequencies on 17 existing routes. Ryanair is now asking the Italian government to take another step forward and eliminate the municipal surcharge until 2025 for all airports and all airlines.
This, underlined by the Dublin headquarters, would give an important boost to regional airport connectivity to the benefit of millions of Italian consumers and at the same time to support local employment and tourism.
Ryanair claims that, if the Italian government eliminated the surcharge, it would be ready to invest in the next 4 years of 4 billion dollars in Italian airports through 40 new based aircraft, which would make an additional 20 million passengers travel from / to Italy to Italy. year.