{"id":2881,"date":"2026-05-13T18:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:48:34","slug":"ryanair-statement-regarding-fraport-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/?p=2881","title":{"rendered":"RYANAIR STATEMENT REGARDING FRAPORT GREECE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate.ryanair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AIRCRAFT-2-scaled-2-min-2048x1153.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>The statement issued by the Fraport Greece Monopoly on 8 May highlights just how off the mark the German owned monopoly airport operator is. Ryanair\u2019s decision to close its three aircraft Thessaloniki base for Winter \u201926 is entirely due to Fraport\u2019s decision to hike its airport charges by an excessive +66% following the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>More recently, instead of passing on the Greek Govt\u2019s sensible decision to reduce the Airport Development Fee by&nbsp;-75% to all airlines and passengers to stimulate year-round connectivity and tourism across Greece \u2013 the Fraport monopoly pocketed this tax reduction to further line the pockets of its German shareholder. The Fraport Greece monopoly has made Greece aviation hopelessly uncompetitive compared to other European countries such as Albania, regional Italy, Slovakia and Sweden, all of whom are actively lowering airport fees and abolishing taxes to support traffic, tourism and jobs growth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ryanair wants to grow in Greece \u2013 as it is in other more competitive countries across Europe \u2013 but can only do so if Fraport Greece freezes airport charges and passes the -75% Airport Development Fee reduction on to all airlines and passengers to stimulate capacity growth and investment, instead of lining the pockets of its German shareholder. Ryanair calls on the Greek Govt. to break up the Fraport Greece monopoly, which will bring much needed competition to the Greek aviation market.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.ryanair.com\/news\/ryanair-statement-regarding-fraport-greece\/\">RyanAir<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe statement issued by the Fraport Greece Monopoly on 8 May highlights just how off the mark the German owned monopoly airport operator is. Ryanair\u2019s decision to close its three aircraft Thessaloniki base for Winter \u201926 is entirely due to Fraport\u2019s decision to hike its airport charges by an excessive +66% following the pandemic. More [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelfixme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}