Ryanair will open 11 new routes in Porto next summer, also including in this investment, over 400 million euros, the base in Faro, with eight new connections

This reinforcement, which is only possible due to the reduction in airport charges in both destinations, decided by the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), will allow two new aircraft to be installed at both of the company's bases and will create 120 jobs.
As of the summer of 2023, Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport will be connected to Bristol and Leeds (England), Castellon (Spain), Maastricht (Netherlands), Nimes and Strasbourg (France), Shannon (Ireland), Stockholm (Sweden), Trapani and Turin (Italy), and Warsaw (Poland).
The revelation was made by the Ryanair Group CEO, Michel O'Leary, during a press conference, underlining that all this investment is only possible because ANAC decided to lower airport taxes for Porto and Faro. On the contrary, and because in Lisbon and the islands the fees will rise between 7% and 12%, the airline will not reinforce the operation in these destinations.
"We are responding directly, by announcing the opening of these 19 new routes to Porto and Faro in the summer of 2023, to the very welcome intervention of ANAC, the Portuguese airport regulator, which broke the monopoly of ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal, by reducing airport charges in Porto and Faro next year," stressed Michel O'Leary, quoted by Lusa, adding: "When the regulator intervenes to lower airport charges, there is an immediate additional investment."
To open the new routes, the airline will receive 51 new B737 aircraft next year, which, according to the group's CEO, are "quieter, more fuel efficient and much more environmentally friendly.
Ryanair's decision coincides with the announcement of the national airline, which revealed 17 new routes, starting in 2023. None of them will pass through Porto. The reinforcement of transatlantic connections includes 10 flights to the United States of America, six to Brazil and one to Caracas, all of which depart from Lisbon.
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