Ryanair is investing in Calabria’s airports by adding Boeing B737-800s at Reggio Calabria and Lamezia Terme.
New routes to all three Calabrian airports.
It is also introducing new routes in all three of Calabria’s airports - Lamezia Terme, Crotone and Reggio Calabria. The airline will therefore have four based aircraft, 50% growth (up to one million passengers), 15 new routes to the region and support for over 1,200 jobs.
A total of eleven new routes
The winter sees Ryanair launch 11 new routes: 7 to Reggio Calabria from London Stansted, Brussels Charleroi, Milan Malpensa, Pisa, Frankfurt Hahn, Katowice and Paris Beauvais; 2 to Lamezia from Tirana and Brussels Charleroi and 2 to Crotone from Treviso and Turin. In addition, for summer 2025 Ryanair will introduce a further 4 new routes to Lamezia Terme from Trieste, Madrid, Wroclaw and Bucharest.
Growth is thanks to the removal of the municipal surtax
"This strategic move, following regional president Occhiuto's far-sighted decision to abolish the municipal surtax in Calabria, allows us to rapidly increase our capacity in the region," said Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson. "The winter 2024 operation to Calabria will result in 82% growth over last winter, with three based aircraft and a total investment of $300 million. In addition, we plan to base another aircraft in Lamezia Terme for summer 2025, bringing the total number of aircraft based in the region to four and increasing our total investment to $400 million. This will lead to 50% growth next year for the region, supporting over 1,200 jobs and contributing to economic growth, improving tourism, connectivity and offering lower fares for both citizens and visitors.”
“We could offer an additional 3 million seats a year for Sicily”
“Ryanair is now calling on all the Italian regions to eliminate this regressive tax. In particular Sicily and Sardinia should follow the positive example of Calabria and revolutionìze their connectivity by eliminating the tax. Ryanair could offer an additional 3 million seats per year for Sicily and 2 million for Sardinia by transforming connectivity on an annual basis, as we have done in Trieste and now in Calabria."
Improving accessibility and internal mobility
"In view of the next winter season, there will be an extraordinary increase in connections to and from Calabria with many European and Italian cities,- added the region's president. -This represents just the right gratification for the efforts we have been making for the past two and a half years to increase tourist flows in our region. Our commitment is linked to improving accessibility and internal mobility services, as demonstrated by the agreement reached just a few weeks ago with the car services company Uber.”
