Put down at Rygge and move eight routes to Torp – Østlands-Posten

It informs one of Ryanair directors, David O’Brien at a press conference in Oslo.

The Ministry of Finance issued earlier this month a decision on the air passenger tax introduced on 1 June, which means that every flight from and today costs 80 or 88 million, depending on whether you are flying foreign or domestic. When the fee was a fact, it became clear that Moss Airport Rygge will embed , if Ryanair will no longer use Moss as the main base in Norway. Wednesday morning informed the airline of its decision.

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– we have sad news, sad news which we have to thank their government, said Ryanair chief executive David O’Brien when he opened the press conference in Oslo on Wednesday morning, according to NTB .

He told then about the process of government in November last year proposed air passenger tax, which clearly came as a shock to the Irish budget airline. Although Ryanair had a clear perception that the finance minister Siv Jensen (FRP) not supported the disputed tax, it appeared that the government would not turn over.

It meant liquidation of Ryanair’s base at Rygge and closures the airport with about 1,000 lost jobs on and adjacent to the airport as a consequence.

– We were very surprised in November last year when Norway proposed an air passenger tax. We do not know what kind of tax it is and what it should achieve, says O’Brian.

– In May, the tax confirmed. We offered Rearview a substantial portion of its operations, about 50 percent. Moss is a profitable private company. Sadly Rygge not able to accept our offer of reduced traffic. That means we must lay down our base, said O’Brian.

New routes

it is uncertain what consequences it will have for Torp , which will map the routes and possible outcomes. Meanwhile, efforts are being made feverishly to get new routes to Torp .

Ryanair director had good news for travelers from Torp. He reported at the press conference that the company will halve traffic from Norway. The routes to Vilnius and London move to Gardermoen, while eight routes moved to Sandefjord Airport Torp. Startup from Oslo Airport will be October 30 this year.

Torp lose London, but get Milan and Manchester

Torp lose the popular London-route to the airport, but getting in return eight new Ryanair routes from autumn. Bant these are popular Milan in Italy and Manchester in England, and three Beach routes.

Marketing at Torp Sandefjord Airport, Valentine Kleive-Mathisen, confirms that Torp takes over the following routes when Ryanair October 29 lays down the base its at Rygge in Østfold:

Milan, Bergamo: 2 times per week in winter, 4 times per week next summer.
Tenerife: 2 times per week, all year round.
Gran Canaria: 2 times per week, all year round.
Krakow: 7 times per week in winter , 8 times per week next summer.
Gdansk: 5 times per week in winter, 6 times per week next summer.
Warsaw: 5 times per week in winter, 8 times per week next summer.
Alicante 2 times per week in winter, 4-5 times per week next summer.
Malaga: 4.3 times per week, clean summer route.
Manchester: Replaced with Liverpool, zero through nine Winter program 1 November 2016, 4 times per week.

London Iron unfortunately from upcoming winter program.

This gives Torp four new routes (Tenerife, Milan, Manchester and Krakow), as well as good capacity increase of a number of existing routes.

The routes loaded into Ryanair’s booking system today and will be available for sale already today 1 June.

– This is obviously very boring that we lose the London route to Ryanair, but we hope it is only for the coming winter season, and that it can be back again from next summer, says Mathisen.

Trades only fee

There have been heated discussions after Rygge announced that they will close down production from November. Tuesday the DN that government opening to save Rygge .

– There comes a note to the revised budget. There is an extensive order for the government to look at airport capacity, the socio-economic whole, and likewise on defense. If it gets shutdown civilian, it may be somewhat further on defense, said Syversen to DN.

Ryanair director however puts the door ajar for further base activity in Norway and at Rygge, but when the government must turn around.

– Do we get a signal this week that the tax is rejected, we will not lay down, or we will reopen our base, depending on when that happens, he says.

– This is all about the fee. So if the tax is removed, we will return. According to Rygge will 1,000 jobs lost. It is a tragedy, especially since this has been a profitable private enterprise, he stressed.