Ryanair to cut some Italian routes
Ryanair said it will cut routes and jobs in Italy later this year as a result of a 40% increase in passenger departure taxes. Ryanair said that from October it would drop 16 routes and 600 jobs after the Italian govt raised departure taxes to E9 (US$9.81) from E6.50 to help pay for layoffs at Alitalia. "Ryanair had no choice but to close 2 of its 15 Italian bases, Alghero and Pescara, and move its aircraft, pilots and crews to countries that have lower tourism costs," said David O'Brien, Ryanair's CCO. Cutting 8 routes from the Sardinian city of Alghero, 5 from Pescara on Italy's Adriatic coast and all of its current service in the southern city of Crotone will cause 600 job losses and 800,000 client losses, Ryanair said. The tax increase will "seriously damage Italian tourism," O'Brien said. <br/>
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Ryanair to cut some Italian routes
Ryanair said it will cut routes and jobs in Italy later this year as a result of a 40% increase in passenger departure taxes. Ryanair said that from October it would drop 16 routes and 600 jobs after the Italian govt raised departure taxes to E9 (US$9.81) from E6.50 to help pay for layoffs at Alitalia. "Ryanair had no choice but to close 2 of its 15 Italian bases, Alghero and Pescara, and move its aircraft, pilots and crews to countries that have lower tourism costs," said David O'Brien, Ryanair's CCO. Cutting 8 routes from the Sardinian city of Alghero, 5 from Pescara on Italy's Adriatic coast and all of its current service in the southern city of Crotone will cause 600 job losses and 800,000 client losses, Ryanair said. The tax increase will "seriously damage Italian tourism," O'Brien said. <br/>
