Ryanair has threatened to axes services to and from Germany, equivalent to around 1.5m seats in 2025 if its plea to the government isn’t met.

The reason for the possible cuts is that the airline is not happy paying what it sees as ‘sky high’ aviation tax, currently around €15.53 per passenger. figures from the airline suggest that Germany’s air travel has been slow to return to pre-pandemic levels, especially when compared with EU countries that don’t levy such a charge.

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“Germany’s air travel market is broken and needs an urgent fix,” said Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson

“Ryanair again calls on the German Govt. to cut its very high aviation taxes and fees. If these very high taxes are not reduced, Ryanair will cut another 1.5m seats from its German capacity (-10%) for Summer 2025. These reductions will further damage inbound tourism, and Germany’s post-Covid recovery, whilst other competitor EU States, with much lower or zero aviation taxes/fees, enjoy the benefit of traffic growth which is being switched from high cost uncompetitive Germany.”