How Ryanair is taking over Europe, one country at a time
Ryanair is here to stay. And not just for British and Irish fliers. The airline is taking over Europe. Indeed, the UK isn’t even Ryanair’s biggest market. It operates more flights annually, as it has done since 2014, from Italy. What’s more, Italy’s biggest airline isn’t Alitalia, or even newly founded Air Italy. By a very long way, it’s Ryanair. The airline flew 36.3m people from an Italian airport last year, up from 32.6m in 2016, an increase of 11.2%. Alitalia managed only 21.8m. In Spain, too, it’s number one. In fact, OAG reports that Ryanair is now the biggest airline in 7 European countries: Ireland, Spain, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. It takes second spot in 5 more (Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic and Latvia) and third spot in a further 6 (UK, France, Denmark, Germany, Greece and Montenegro). <br/>
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How Ryanair is taking over Europe, one country at a time
Ryanair is here to stay. And not just for British and Irish fliers. The airline is taking over Europe. Indeed, the UK isn’t even Ryanair’s biggest market. It operates more flights annually, as it has done since 2014, from Italy. What’s more, Italy’s biggest airline isn’t Alitalia, or even newly founded Air Italy. By a very long way, it’s Ryanair. The airline flew 36.3m people from an Italian airport last year, up from 32.6m in 2016, an increase of 11.2%. Alitalia managed only 21.8m. In Spain, too, it’s number one. In fact, OAG reports that Ryanair is now the biggest airline in 7 European countries: Ireland, Spain, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. It takes second spot in 5 more (Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic and Latvia) and third spot in a further 6 (UK, France, Denmark, Germany, Greece and Montenegro). <br/>
