Ryanair says cutting fares 30% to fill Catalonia flights
Ryanair has been cutting fares by up to 30% to fill flights to Barcelona and other cities in Catalonia as holiday-makers are nervous of political upheaval in the Spanish region, CE Michael O‘Leary said Tuesday. Tourist numbers in Barcelona dipped after an attack in August left 16 people dead and an illegal independence vote prompted scenes of police violence and mass protests, but have since rebounded. Ryanair still plans to increase capacity in Spain as a whole sharply in the coming year, adding 9% more flights in the year to March 2019. “The fares are significantly lower as we approach the summer than they were last year,” O’Leary said, though demand for travel to Madrid remained strong. <br/>
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Ryanair says cutting fares 30% to fill Catalonia flights
Ryanair has been cutting fares by up to 30% to fill flights to Barcelona and other cities in Catalonia as holiday-makers are nervous of political upheaval in the Spanish region, CE Michael O‘Leary said Tuesday. Tourist numbers in Barcelona dipped after an attack in August left 16 people dead and an illegal independence vote prompted scenes of police violence and mass protests, but have since rebounded. Ryanair still plans to increase capacity in Spain as a whole sharply in the coming year, adding 9% more flights in the year to March 2019. “The fares are significantly lower as we approach the summer than they were last year,” O’Leary said, though demand for travel to Madrid remained strong. <br/>
