Overview
- The carrier will reduce its French winter network by 13%, canceling 25 routes and suspending flights at Bergerac, Brive and Strasbourg, cutting 750,000 seats.
- The solidarity tax on domestic and European tickets rose 180% in March to €7.40, making France one of Europe’s highest-taxed air markets.
- Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said the next budget will include no new aviation levy hikes to give airlines greater visibility.
- Tourism Minister Nathalie Delattre supports scrapping the ticket duty to sustain regional connectivity but accused Ryanair of exploiting the levy to justify its cuts.
- Ryanair warns that without repeal of the tax, its proposed $2.5 billion investment, planned passenger traffic doubling and 750 new jobs in France could shift to more competitive EU markets by summer 2026.