When will German aviation take off? Ryanair CEO Wilson bashes German aviation costs | DW News

Air travel is enjoying a post-pandemic boom. But you might not get that impression in Germany - with some airports, like Berlin, operating far under capacity. One of Europe's biggest airlines, Ryanair, has been cutting back services. Eddie Wilson, CEO of the Irish low-cost carrier, tells DW that German airports simply aren't making enough effort to bring back passengers. Above all, they are too expensive - costing passengers 60 euros just to walk through Frankfurt airport.
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[@Sam-xq2uh]

We need an interview with Berlin Airport representative!

[@TomTom-cm2oq]

Yezzzzz!!!!

[@SlavaBagmut]

Well they will say everything is fine

[@dallaspokornik7570]

German airport taxes are SUPER high. Its true

[@dwee3005]

So they should be, to incentivise people to take a train or bus instead of flying

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

@@dwee3005 Not with 100 connections, constant anxiety of missing the connections, having to carry the big luggage through inaccessible platforms, sitting in reverse of train's moving direction, 10 hours of total journey for 2 hours of flight. Bring in Shinkansen for $20 before taxing other means of transport. Teach locals to learn how to behave in and around platforms before killing other means of transport.

[@dwee3005]

​@@SonnyDarvishzadehoh nooo I would haaaate to sit backwards in a train, what a nightmare!! Haha seriously? Plus airlines already have a financial advantage over other means of transport. No tax on jet fuel but tax on fuel for buses... So they already run an unfair advantage, no wonder they can offer cheaper prices. All routes that can be done by train in under 6 hours should be forbidden.. Germany already has a high speed rail network, why would you fly from Leipzig to Munich for example when you could take the train for 3 hours.. Literally faster from inner city to inner city than flying if you include the time to get to and from the airport, going through security etc. I have no problem for flights from Stockholm to Paris for example or Warsaw to Lisbon. It's the short haul flights that are the problem.. Hannover to Frankfurt is a great example, Leipzig to Munich as well.. Your point literally makes no sense..

[@kaoya300]

​@@dwee3005 Do you live in Germany? I like to travel by train but German trains are exceptionally unreliable. I regularly miss my connections because of all kinds of delays and cancellations, and often arrive at my destinations more than one hour late. The best way to attract people to take the trains is to make the trains more punctual and reliable, instead of making air fares unaffordable. I travelled from Germany to London earlier this week. If I made that trip by train, I would need to book two tickets, one from Germay to Paris, another from Paris to London. Yet I think there would be at least a 50 percent chance that my train to Paris runs late, and I would miss my train to London.

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Competitors are paying the same taxes. What's his problem, the costs will end up at passengers ticket prices.

[@pragueexpat5106]

Looked up a ticket recently on sky scanner, and Lufthansa ticket was 3.5 times more expensive than Ryanair ticket..

[@andreibutnariu8827]

Additionally poor customer service. Wtf?! To me it sounds like german pride at any cost.

[@sred158]

Comparing Lufthansa to RyanAir is like comparing a car to cattle transport.

[@paulsz6194]

But the Lufthansa ticket includes checked baggage, the airline PRINTS YOUR BOARDING PASS ( you don’t have to print it yourself) , you will get a beverage (and (perhaps) a sandwich or snack for flights over 90 minutes . If your flight gets cancelled, the airline reschedules you onto the next available or alternate flight through a star alliance partner to your final destination. This has happened to me. I was rescheduled onto another LH flight from Poland to Munich ( instead of via Frankfurt) to get to my final destination due to storms over Frankfurt.

[@frankmeier8279]

Lufthansa also doesn't offer slave contracts for their staff. It's no lost, if Ryanair disapears from German airports.

[@andreibutnariu8827]

@@frankmeier8279 sure they don’t cause they cancel flights and get money which never payback to loser customers like me. 😃

[@umutumut4768]

It's not just Berlin... I used to fly with sister company lauda from Stuttgart and it was quite good to fly just for 30€ from Stuttgart to Italy or Spain. It is such a big lost that they are not flying from Stuttgart anymore.

[@jsperdigao]

Same here but Easyjet. It got pushed out of Stuttgart after COVID and I am still missing it...

[@mo.kiyanov]

The problem why most consumers don't choose Ryanair in Frankfurt is that it operates from a rural airport away with no reliable train connections which makes the commuting+ticket price nocompetetive! And I believe there's a decision unfortunately to keep it that way.

[@deantan4080]

I think Frankfurt airport travellers are usually business travellers which do not care about pricing. Low budget tourists are low margin income for the country too. Why settle for those if they can take premium high paying customers than can outspend them 1 is to 10 haha

[@mo.kiyanov]

@@deantan4080 Ryanair doesn't operate from Frankfurt airport. It operates from Frankfurt Hahn airport which is way too far from anything.

[@deantan4080]

@@mo.kiyanov understood.

[@paulsz6194]

@@mo.kiyanovFrankfurt am-Main is the main airport that everybody knows. It’s good to be a little more clearer as people outside Europe probably don’t know this, just like they probably wouldn’t know there is also another city of Frankfurt near the Polish Border ( Frankfurt- Oder) !

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

invest in trains instead, railway tickets are too expensive compared to airplane tickets.

[@temper44]

The cost of a new high speed railway line is in the dozens of billions in Europe. The cost of a new airplane connection is a couple million.

[@CarpeDiem13x]

@@temper44 No need for new rails ! Just increase frequency. BTW, the environmental cost of flying is hundreds and hundreds of millions compared to trains.

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

@@temper44 The money you invest in the railway system is public money and will ultimately serve the needs of the average guy/gal out there. Your airline companies profits go to the pockets of shareholders on the other side of the planet. Id rather invest billions in the long run for the people to use a means of transportation that doesnt pollute, than subsidizing billionaires on the other side of the planet, to travel in cramped flying coffins, that pollutes like there is no tomorrow and hands out poverty wages and can only provide poor working conditions for their employees... (Ryanair is a prime example of that).

[@aightm8]

@@temper44 Dozens of billions, with basically an infinite lifespan when maintaned. So the return the taxpayer gets from their money is generational.

[@aightm8]

​@@SeArCh4DrEaMz I dunno about the money argument. Publicly owned railways are extremely expensive and inneficient compared to airlines. Airlines are extremely competetive and efficient. Madrid to Paris takes 20 hours and costs more than a flight lol. We need high speed rail, then routes need to be packages and put out to tender to private operators. With stipulations about maximum ticket prices etc. The problem with it being publicly owned, is you end up with a unionized overpriced and bloated service.

[@travellerstoryteller]

Poznan has a nice airport less than 300km away and everyday there are buses from Berlin to Poznan for only 15€!!!

[@dwee3005]

There are also trains from Berlin to Poznan which take less than 3 hours. however consumers always just look at the price and when Ryan air offers it for 10€ why would people pay 30€ for a train. Ryan air will fly the plane there anyway because they clean and service them there, capitalising on lower wages for workers.. All European short haul flights should be cancelled where there is a railway alternative available that takes less than 6 hours.. Problem solved, Ryan air can simply operate different routes instead

[@travellerstoryteller]

@@dwee3005 6 hours is too much... from Germany to Portugal takes 3 hours by plane!

[@dwee3005]

@@travellerstoryteller nobody is suggesting you take a plane from Germany to Portugal... When travel by train is possible in less than 6 hours then flights should be banned. I can't imagine a train travelling from Germany to Portugal in less than 6 hours. Can you ?

[@jcvlogs1381]

@@dwee3005 Portugal is super bad when it comes to train connections. We are like an island.

[@dwee3005]

​@@jcvlogs1381take a bus then ? What's the problem with that? I'm literally saying if you can't take a bus or a train to your destination within 6 hours then you can fly... If the journey is less than 6 hours by bus or train then you shouldn't be flying.

[@factsare3852]

In other words, Germany could double their economy if they stopped doing business like they did in 1930.

[@sutats]

I was confused that there's a Group CEO and CEO respectively; Michael O'Leary and Eddie Wilson.

[@keybraker]

thanks asked the same thing

[@antonkristiansen673]

Remember that Cabincrew in Ryanair only makes their savary in the Air. They do a lot of workshop for free on Ground.

[@paulsz6194]

That’s with all airlines….😂

[@Iamwatchingyou75]

I see MOL point that German government is protecting Lufthansa. However, comparing Berlin and Dublin airport doesn't make a lot of sense. Opposed to Dublin, Berlin is no hub for a single airline and never meant to be a hub. Also Berlin doesn't have a strong business traveler demand, for a city it's size, thanks to the cities history. It's solely a destination airport. If Berlin was an island, there would be more flights the rest of Germany. Except for few destination it just doesn't make sense to fly form Berlin to domestic destination because of train and motorway competition. Where as Dublin is on a island, and a considerable amount of flights are very short flights to the UK, because there is no time competitive alternative. Furthermore it's a hub for Aer Lingus.

[@pratikdas6847]

Taxes in German airports are an inhibitor to air travel, but equally contributing to the lower air-traveller volumes come from their extremely well connected rail network. ICE trains take you anywhere within Germany within 5-6 hours from Berlin at half the fares, including luggage. Since DB is public entity, there's much less incentive for the Government to try to lift the aviation sector in favour of low cost carriers not based out of Germany. But of course, this is only for domestic travellers.

[@dnagerranger]

We couldn't take flights, because they are made unavailable by govt and we cannot take trains, because they are more expensive than planes 😅. What do we do, we buy cars, but petrol in Germany is expensive than neighbouring countries

[@videolux8k861]

Petrol its cheaper in Germany then neighbouring countries, get more info about prices.

[@dnagerranger]

@@videolux8k861 U better get info first. Czech Republic petrol 1.4 euros litre. Austria 1.5, Poland 1.45. of course in Nordic countries it's more expensive than Germany. Germany has higher tax on petrol than eastern European countries.

[@XDSDDLord]

Wilson generally has good points, but there is one huge thing I'm going to disagree with him on. Eliminating taxes is dumb, but he will suggest that because it is self-serving, and he's a businessman. Taxes shouldn't be obscene, but they shouldn't be abolished. Something we do in the US that Europe might want to consider if it doesn't have this already are tax incentives. Tax incentives work by negotiating with specific companies, either special rates or sometimes breaks (0% tax) for a pre-set amount of time with an understanding that the business will stay after the exceptions run out and pay the full tax rates. In addition, they often come in exchange for a guaranteed local investment that helps set those taxes via income taxes from corporate jobs and public works projects undertaken by the corporations (for example, when building new facilities, it might involve upgrading existing public infrastructure such as power, water, and sewage lines in certain regions, repaving roads, buildings parks, etc.) Airliners can help upgrade terminals, for example, by adding power outlets and modernizing toilets, which generally cost less than the savings and are easier for private corporations to handle because they bypass the public bidding process and shift the liability from the government to the business.

[@TomTom-cm2oq]

What a very intelligent, well spoken ceo!!!!

[@nikolaynikolov8047]

People are saying how it should be like this, people should take trains. Nothing can compare to a plane and flying. And with Ryanair trains may be more expensive than Ryan. Flying will always be much more comfortable and faster!

[@Masterrunescapeer]

Trains are generally way more comfortable than planes, not sure how you can argue that one for most of Europe. Faster, sure, but I would argue that under 3h train ride, they will generally beat a plane at that distance since you need to factor in waiting at the airport and that trains usually put you in the city while airports are built outside of it.

[@paulsz6194]

Not if there are storms, and limited runways open means international flights get priority. If there is bad weather, your flight is cancelled. I haven’t heard of a train being canceled due to storms or winds. Maybe if it’s heavy snow and the railway line has not been cleared.

[@AlexdaCunha]

4:00 He basically at some point denied the business model of Ryanair saying that the taxes/price does not matter for people 😂😂 and the reporter let him get away with it

[@mrpeel3239]

A seasoned Pro in the discount market. Guy is much more informative (and less hysterical) than Michael O'Leary.

[@debaschmidt]

I hope Cologne Bonn Airport is the one with not much Government backing behind where Ryanair can grow

[@michalkosmita5194]

Gdansk has double so many operation with Europe as Hamburg.

[@adrianjoachim5819]

Guy says that higher taxes lead to less flights (capacity). Then regarding carbon emissions he says that higher fees/taxes will not lead to less flights. So which one is it?

[@paulsz6194]

Exactly. He is just complaining about the bottom line, the company taking less profit . Also he worries that If prices are to close to mainline operators Like LH, people will fly with a full fare airline and get the full fare benefits.

[@Diseased_Mr_T]

"What about environmental issues?". I counted a full 2 minutes and 20 seconds of almost entirely irrelevant dribble in response. There is nothing whatsoever he could say to defend the huge environmental impact of air travel. Lower taxes on air travel is the very last thing we need.

[@adamanthony7465]

The recent winner in all this has been in our region The KLM skyhopper.

[@chamamemestre]

Just fly with KLM. The best airline company for me. And fair.

[@usakousa]

Berlin is the capital of Germany but in terms of aviation it's a regional airport, as Lufthansa and other airlines have hubs elsewhere. Anyway, Michael O'Leary has been moaning about this for years and just doesn't get that airport taxes are high because the government policy is to let people move from flights to trains for environmental reasons, as France and Netherlands are also trying to do. It means less cheap flights and it will encourage people to use trains instead. (Well, in case of Germany Deutsche Bahn is in a total mess, so the government really needs to put in more money into the rail infrastructure.)

[@jananders1351]

Well in all honesty, the Germans are probably right not wanting anything to do with Ryanair.

[@wuestenfuchs1]

The German government*, not German people. Normal working people in Germany almost always prefer Ryanair when choosing holiday destinations.

[@benjaminlamey3591]

well germans are willing to have affordable flights where you cannot go with a train. it is just the politicials that do not get it. it is complicated to get a train to UK, canary islands, malta, creta or majorca ...

[@andreasz9543]

great lobbying work

[@richhard5699]

Germany is irresponsible to increase aviation tax without fixing their infamous railways

[@dwee3005]

I believe Germany is currently in the process of fixing their infamous railway.. Doesn't happen overnight

[@NicolasHaufe]

Train Stations are Not Safe thats the Problem

[@dwee3005]

​@@NicolasHaufeso you think the only reason people use airports and prefer to fly rather than taking the train is safety?? Surely you are not that dumb. Why do you drive a car if you are worried about safety? More car fatalities than deaths at trains stations. Maybe you should take a look at Boeing aircraft in the last 5 years and reconsider.

[@NicolasHaufe]

@@dwee3005 accidents arent the Problem people with 🔪 are

[@NicolasHaufe]

@@dwee3005 🔪🔪🔪

[@Masterrunescapeer]

So interesting stuff mentioned. 1. Ryanair is not a small airline, it's 182m passengers putting it at highest passenger count in Europe in 2023 and is valued at $22.7bn, Lufthansa is in second place with 123 million and $8.7bn. 2. Frankfurt one you pay more than you save to get to Ryanairs airport due to distance, and Ryanair helped invest in Frankfurt-Hahn (the alternative airport). 3. That price comparison with average is interesting, usually like half a ticket price a passenger pays is airport/other taxes, then comparing it without taxes in the next sentence is misleading.

[@paulsz6194]

Not to mention Baggage fees !

[@mdsoulsounds]

Funny CEO doesn’t talk about his payroll tax obligations to countries like France. Skirts responsibility!

[@blondreports]

I am so happy Germany increased costs. I am now flying Swiss via Zurich at the similar price but with better aircraft and better service in business.

[@factytop10s45]

I will take everything the ryanair says with a grain of salt the worst airlines if there is any 😂

[@alyjandro]

Did you get safe to another country for an affordable price?

[@peterwilliams2252]

Ireland doesn't have fra or muc does it ? Berlin is not where the wealth is in Germany

[@peterwilliams2252]

Germany is not Ireland. Ask him how much his employees got paid during COVID ? Ryanair is not Lufthansa. Play on a fair playing field , Ryanair is the "cheap Chinese" or the aviation world

[@umutumut4768]

Yeah okay, you can keep paying 3 times more for a ticket but let other people choose what they want.

[@paulsz6194]

@@umutumut4768yeah ok, but if your flight is delayed due to weather or a technical issue with the plane, the you are sleeping overnight in the airport terminal, or at best flying 5-6 hours later. Lufthansa redirected me via Munich to get to my final destination ( as Frankfurt had heavy storms) from Poland. Now tell me what would Ryanair do for you in that situation??? 🤔

[@pedroneves8913]

People keep saying to improve and use trains. That is perfectly fine for domestic traveling. For for people needing to visit family or even vacations is crazy expensive to fly around Europe from Germany. There aren’t many low cost options from German airports not to mention a big reduction of flight frequency for certain destinations since pandemic.

[@officialflorint]

I’d love if you guys figure something out with Fraport, flying from Frankfurt all the time and would love more Ryanair

[@UlugNaar]

A speech to investors. Otherwise, such rubbish.

[@GamerBinki]

Nobody needs Ryanair in Germany and also Berlin, we have our own airlines

[@GSSurry]

Stop this annoying background music. It makes it difficult to hear the dialogue.

[@timmy2870]

Such a great interview and nice insights! I'm still disappointed about the lost connection to FRA airport. Freaking Fraport...

[@chanakalin]

This guy will cry if he ever has to fly to CMB as for each passenger on-boarding through the airport cost him US$60

[@sred158]

Cry me a river... RyanAir guy complains that he doesn't get a discount. You can't make that sh.. up.

[@jpfidalgo7]

I have a question, have there been many strikes from groundcrews in Germany? Because in Portugal they are common, and I believe I heard that other European countries as well. Maybe it's not just that German airports have too high taxes, is also that other airports have them too low to draw airlines in, which has it's own problems?

[@lemming573]

Look on the bright side, if you can't fly out of Germany, you're trapped and can contribute to the local economy by working to pay taxes for a transportation system you can't afford to use. Germany is playing 4D chess with this one.

[@fgpsychology]

Great! More trains and better services and better planes.

[@aightm8]

Sure, if they will be high speed trains. I need to go from Warsaw to Madrid, it would be 20 hours on trains. Much of which would be through germany.

[@dwee3005]

​@@aightm8nobody expects you to take a train from Warsaw to Madrid. But when you plan to fly Warsaw to Berlin, then you should be taking a train instead.. short haul flights are the problem not the mid-long haul flights

[@sumosprojects]

Love this man’s logic, something that’s obviously been lost on Berlin airport & please get Ryan air to Australia to help break down the monopoly here 🙏

[@paulsz6194]

Ha, ha, ha…perhaps you should look back at History and see the number of failed disrupters that have attempted this in Australia…

[@paulsz6194]

It’s actually a duopoly, have you forgotten that Jetstar is owned by Qantas so that only leaves Virgin to compete with all capital city routes?

[@sumosprojects]

@@paulsz6194 That’s true mate, I was probably fantasising that things could get better 🙃😮😂

[@sumosprojects]

@@paulsz6194 I know but one can only think positively 😎🤞

[@paulsz6194]

@@sumosprojects well there have been other competitors who have come & gone, with the likes of Rex attempting to take on the duopoly on the popular Syd-Melb route, and Bonza who was competing more with the leisure market not targeting Qantas/ Virgin directly. It’s a very capital intensive game, and you have to be able to stomach losses for up to a few years before your investment bears fruit 🍎

[@MauriceBln1]

This is a cheap excuse from the Ryanair CEO. The truth is that Ryanair has too few planes and wants to serve other destinations.

[@NicolasHaufe]

People dont seem to Understand why Nobody travels on trains or buses they are not safe

[@alik1989]

Trains are 100 times safer than cars and yet most people travel by car

[@NicolasHaufe]

@@alik1989 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

[@NicolasHaufe]

@@alik1989 🔪🔪🔪

[@NicolasHaufe]

@@alik1989 🔪

[@Philippe56-qk1cr]

It is the typical remark from people who never take trains or buses. I take train and buses and it is safe.

[@happymelon7129]

With much more expensive energy , Germany already lost compete on the starting point

[@MauriceBln1]

no

[@Masterrunescapeer]

Germany energy price on the spot market is nearly back to 2019 (with inflation it's at the same point about now), so not sure that still applies. Stats 2022 peak vs July 2024: "Germany experienced one of the steepest decreases in energy prices overall, with household prices for electricity and natural gas falling 67% and 73% respectively".

[@XDSDDLord]

When Wilson discussed the German security fees, he didn't talk much about why they are so high and any practical solution beyond subsidizing them upfront and hoping that higher traffic makes up for it. Subsidizing up front is easy, fast, and doesn't involve the airlines, so it makes sense he will go for that, but a far better solution is addressing why the costs are so high. Germany has some of the dumbest security in the world for decades. People make fun of the TSA, but the TSA is more efficient to the point that the Germans can learn from them. For one, Germany has some of the strictest restrictions on what cannot be brought on a flight, much of which is objectively unnecessary but also which can be eliminated as a threat by more modern equipment (something that airliners can offer to help upgrade for incentives). Even without the equipment, they go through so many unnecessary steps.; the biggest one is you have to go through security multiple times. When you have a layover in Germany with a connecting flight, you need to pass through security at least once, or in my case in Frankfort, twice. I flew through Frankfort on a Lufthansa flight with a connecting flight with Lufthansa. I had a half-finished jar of hair gel that was 0.2oz too big, but their scanners couldn't tell the exact size, so the German officers manually went through all my bags, not just the one with the jar, just to throw out a jar of hair gel;.Even worse, they made me toss a sealed water bottle I got on the Lufthansa flight. What a waste of time. Besides that, they insisted on padding down everyone who passed through the metal detector regardless of whether it went off, which begs the question of what the point of the metal detector is if they are going to ignore it. They then did it in the least efficient way possible. Any security official would tell you that you do not need to check the band of the pants and underwear and pat down the body completely 360, but honestly, that wasn't even the worst part. I wore an N95 mask and a kippa. They made me turn the mask that sits right up against my face and the kippa, a thin piece of cloth with a diameter of maybe 5 inches that sits on the dome of your head, inside out. It would have made more sense to check my hair than my kippa. The whole thing took them like 6 minutes, and they did it for everyone. Then, once you passed, you walked 15 meters to a holding area where, before going into the sleeve, you had to go through the boarding gate where they checked everyone again sans their bags even though security had already checked the passport and boarding pass and the only way in is through security that is literally 15 meters away and separated by a glass wall.

[@thomasl4665]

Nonsense. No difference across Europe.

[@gouthamnagalla2079]

frankfurt is biggest airport in germany not berlin

[@txbre8758]

I pay so much money to fly to Germany and back. 😅

[@adimo6673]

Less adventurous landings on German airports.

[@officialflorint]

0:59 yeah that’s just sad

[@harshvardhanagrawal]

What's wrong is your service.

[@bbirtz]

Just lower taxes and hope for the best. This guy just wants more money. The world would be a better place if people cared about other things. There are other things.

[@mausi28]

No? Flying is a goddamm privileged not a right wtf

[@maruftareq]

RyanAir is not a good option.

[@Onir500]

Stop trying to coax/lobby governments into lowering taxes and allowing labour laws to be violated in order for you to increase your profits!! Media shouldn't be giving airtime to these guys... this is pretty much a corporate ad.

[@mausi28]

Ryanair is living from german taxes but complaining about taxes 😂

[@norwegianzound]

Invest in high speed trains and shut down Ryanair.

[@davidlynch9049]

As someone who takes the horrible trains here in Germany, NO!

[@dwee3005]

​@@davidlynch9049then improve the rail system so there isn't delays and cancellations. The problem the railway is so bad in Germany is because the CDU government didn't invest enough in railway.. they just let the infrastructure rot away for 15 years... It isn't going to magically fix itself, you need to invest in it. Why should there be flights from Hannover to Frankfurt or Leipzig to Munich when you can easily take a high speed train in a few hours. Germany should follow Frances lead and ban all short haul flights which can be done by train instead within a certain time frame, say 5-6 hours.. smarter not harder !

[@NicolasHaufe]

​@@dwee3005there is also another issue cough cough Sollingen cough cough Mannheim

[@travellerstoryteller]

@@norwegianzound and charge prices of DB... 150€ from Berlin to Munchen

[@dwee3005]

​@@NicolasHaufewhat does that have to do with railway and flights ? If the upper class and big corporations paid tax correctly there would be plenty of money to go around even if Germany had a population of 100 million..

[@benjaminlamey3591]

well, boeing did not lose a lot of work force, they laid them off and when they woke up the people had already another job and did not come back. Boeing is now relearniong what they learned over decades and laid off during COVID. will surely take some years not just a few month.

[@avaronist1]

Can there be news that shows the beautiful things that are happening? Why do all media focus on problems and bad news?

[@edmundwhite4768]

Living in berlin many years and fequent flyer there used to ryanair, easyjet and eurowings flying berlin to cologne and could easily get ticket for 50 euros one way now only eurowing part of lufthansa go there and charge easily north 100 euro oneway.for their so called.low cost fares. This will.only suit the likes of lufthansa who can hike airfares and given less choice for german publi who already taxed on nearly every aspect of their life!.

[@maestrovso]

60 euro butt fee to experience the world class Frankfurt. Eddie Wilson is a straight talk CEO.

[@Czechbound]

1. Ryanair is not a "low cost airline". It's a "lower service, lower cost" airline 2. The German tax of c. EU15.00 would not deter 99% of people from making a trip 3. Not answering the environmental question is telling, and shows that this CEO doesn't understand his market (re-listen to what he says. He doesn't acknowlege that the airline industry is one of the most polluting. He's trying to put lipstick on a pig ). 4. This CEO should be fired : he's doing the wrong strategy ( no wonder Ryanair shares have gone nowhere in the last year. Literally up 0.09% in the past 12 months as of 16:00 CET, 30/08/24 ). He touts $3Bn worth of planes based in Germany as a good thing from his company's viewpoint. It's a disaster. They've over invested in a climate of austerity, high interest rates, and low demand. The airline tax has nothing to do with that. The planning and strategy department at Ryanair should be fired en masse. He has too much supply, and is begging the German government to subsidise his business in a low growth economy. He should be denied. 5. Boeing doesn't have new management in place. A long serving exec will be the new CEO. And the current CEO is still in charge until the end of the year. There are strategic problems with Boeing, and that won't be fixed quickly 6. Ryanair is a European based airline. Europe will be the lowest growth region for the next 10 years vs Americas/ Africa/ Asia. They've reached saturation. They have viable and strong competition from other airlines. There is pressure to limit air flights for environmental reasons. If Ryanair wants to grow profits, it needs less aircraft, and use them more efficiently 7. He's being a bit rich complaining of a EU15.00 security fee when taking on a small bag costs EU23:00 with Ryanair for zero additional incremental cost. 8. His classic argument of a race to the bottom on costs only benefits Ryanair, and does nothing for the regions it serves. Suck up the price Ryanair. And when people figure out that the marginal cost to use a full service airline, they will go there. That's the real reason this guy wants the regions to do away with much needed costs. In summary : This CEO needs to be changed out. Michael, are you listening ?

[@jantube358]

I can't afford to travel because the costs are high and the salaries are low compared to other high cost countries not because of the ticket prices.

[@Czechbound]

@@jantube358 Exactly

[@happymelon7129]

London to HK : Chinese Airlines £480 Everyone else £750 Avoiding Russian airspace does NOT help Ukraine in any way, but it hurts western carriers, and rewards Chinese airlines. That's the net result.

[@Czechbound]

@@happymelon7129 You're _completely_ off topic. But go you !

[@debaschmidt]

forget about Ryanair, so you mean sitting with empty airport and waiting for some messiah airlines is a good idea? He may speaks for his own interest but this is true that Berlin and Frankfurt both airports are far below its capacity. Hahn ,weeze, memimgen , once bustling airports are now at the verge of closing. No airlines is interested to ressurect them. Who is suffering from all these ? ultimately German people are spending lot more to reach their destination in other ways . travelling alternative by train is a lame excuse firstly it is more expensive than cheap airlines, and only if someone wants to spend 48 hours on train from Berlin to barcelona instead of a 2 hours flight out of his precious holiday time. Everyone thinks of Time more than ecological concern for an equivalent flight more than 1 hour.

[@SlavaBagmut]

People who have time and money taxing poor people which don't have much of both so that they cannot fly where they want or cannot fly at all. Well done environmentalists! Sarcasm. Factories around the world should be your goal. But instead you chose to fight with poor people!

[@calj2090]

Lol. So airline traffic is down due to taxes...which is good for the environment.... So... All good news

[@matthewnuzzaco2849]

Is this a regular segment on DW now? How many times are you going to invite this guy on to complain?

[@j.erickson8571]

Bashing Germany is a trend again. Get used to it, mate.

[@MacrosFTW]

He's getting pushed more so the German gov capitulates

[@GonzaDeubelbeis]

Ryanair must be paying some money to be featured, that's the only possible explanation

[@peterwilliams2252]

Germans like the swiss see the value in paying a bit more for something a LOT better You on your OWN when things go wrong with Ryanair

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

Again complaining? The competitors already thanked for the great season. But DW and Ryan repeat and repeat.

[@michaeleliassen4520]

Well stated mate

[@patrickstuderc]

there are lots of reasons for more taxes, and invest in better trains in the future

[@michaeleliassen4520]

Quite the skate around the environmental issue. Yes I am Canadian

[@marcom7873]

All german people want to move to Ireland 🙏🏻🇮🇪🇩🇪

[@knowledgepower839]

Germany 🇩🇪 is doing overproduction of cars 🚗 and exporting it

[@dreimalnein22]

Every aspect of flying must be taxed higher. Everywhere. To my knowledge jet fuel is tax exempt. As long as they can't produce carbon neutral they need to be stopped, not enabled!

[@paulsz6194]

Just stop flying then . Ride your bicycle 😂😊

[@uchitshah658]

Comfort Zone = Germany

[@John009Doe]

This man relies heavily on subsidises from small airports to make profits. So, of course, he will whine and predict doomsday for those who refuse to pay for his planes to land at their airports.

[@MiguelAngelLozanoOrtiz]

Ryanair is a nightmare don’t flight in it

[@partickaljamested5146]

Ryanair is getting increasingly dodgy. maybe people are happy not flying everywhere. This growth pattern DOES NOT WORK: stop being so damn greedy. HE looks miserable-. The jigs up. Frankfurt Hahns not so bad. cheaper.

[@ajo_of]

Germany doesn't want more air traffic. So 82% is a good value and not a bad one

[@adondeestaelpiso]

No es tu negocio wil

[@michaellinner7772]

"Grammar police" here. Almost instantly the guy says 'less passengers' when it is, in fact FEWER not less.

[@hbt739]

Jeah and thats why he stays?

[@danishahluwalia6175]

ryanair is not doing good......and ,might i add, this has nothing to do with the aviation taxes......

[@richhard5699]

I wish Ryanair would increase fare rather than cut flights. Even if it's 3x more expensive, still cheaper than Lufthansa and there are people who would still chose Ryanair.

[@AlexdaCunha]

Are we in a schizophrenic world??? Half of the time talking about the disasters of climate change. The other half on how we can make it worse 🤦🤦 this is a joke!!! We should be turning aviation much more expensive

[@josefschon6434]

Gerne noch deutlich teuerer machen, so billig wie heute darf Fliegen nicht sein

[@claus-not-santa]

Warum?

[@brazendesigns]

Und arme Leute? Dürfen wir keinen Urlaub machen? Unsere Familien ins Ausland nicht besuchen?

[@Joseph_thefather]

@@brazendesignsdas was Sarkasmus

[@josefschon6434]

@@Joseph_thefather nein das ist kein Sarkasmus. 15€ für einen Flug stehen nicht im Verhältnis zu den Ressourcen, die verbraucht werden.

[@josefschon6434]

@@brazendesigns Urlaub machen kann man auch mit dem Auto oder der Bahn. Natürlich ist die Auswahl, wer dann weniger fliegt, nicht gerecht. Aber das ist halt Marktwirtschaft. Eine Möglichkeit wäre, die Steuern zu einem Teil in Form eines Klimageldes zurückzugeben. Das wäre sozial gerecht. Das Klimageld wurde ja auch in den Koalitionsvertrag geschrieben, aber bis heute nicht umgesetzt. Die Regierung behält das Geld lieber für ihren Haushalt, anders als versprochen.

[@southhillfarm2795]

This guy had his head screwed on right. He speaks logic.

[@peterwilliams2252]

Motorway 😂😂

[@user-jo7dd2jn5s]

oorr... Ryanair is cheap....maybe....

[@IrishJewinUSA]

German trains are better than Irelands also Ireland is an island Germany is not

[@MichaelBrueckner]

He doesn't understand that air travel is not pop in GOG. So, just stay away.

[@samlatooni]

so what? Germany is the "best" place in the world, Why would people wanna fly out?😅😅😅😅😅. Besides, this will also keep all those immigrants out and there will be NO probelms anymore

[@happymelon7129]

London to HK : Chinese Airlines £480 Everyone else £750 Avoiding Russian airspace does NOT help Ukraine in any way, but it hurts western carriers, and rewards Chinese airlines. That's the net result.

[@ANTheWhizkid]

Then please take your airplanes and leave. If somebody needs a tax cut then it is the German people!!!

[@dwee3005]

It isn't the tax that needs to be cut, it's the social insurance. Far to Many German pensioners are receiving too much money. Pension shouldn't be paid so people can take a nice holiday to Mallorca, the pension should be there to pay for rent, utility bills and food.. not holidays. Many pensioners in Germany are receiving 2000€ + per month per person.. And who is paying for that, lower and middle class workers. We all know the upper class don't pay their fair share

[@ANTheWhizkid]

@@dwee3005 I think many pensioners worked for it and deserve their pension, at least the ones in the west and those in the east who started working past 1990 - they worked hard, they can decide how they spend their money and if they wanna have a nice life because they can then it’s up to them - coming to think about it, in my city I see other pensioners collecting bottles for the deposit after dark, strange that everyone here knows they’ve been working all their life, if not in very good jobs. I think inequality is the problem, and everyone should get higher pensions. You tell me, should people who only sold sausage and cheese at a grocery store move into smaller apartments and collect from the garbage once they retire? Then explain them you want their monthly budget to be smaller and why, not me. Either you are not from Germany or have never been living anywhere else. But the social security is not the problem.

[@colin8696908]

Oh he's a CEO that make him bad. He bad man. I Smart person. Anyone who isn't poor like me is bad man like him. 90% of the comments here.

[@aa6945]

God RyanAir again! It is the AliExpress of the skies. Delays are very common and it is not very comfortable. I don’t see how the ceo of RyanAir is relevant to lecture anybody on anything.

[@aleserban9322]

germany overthrowned by poland

[@obienugreat4590]

Lol

[@bkb23plus]

No need ryanair