«The CEO of Ryanair Eddy Wilson went down to Calabria to make the electoral Marchetta in Occhiuto. In social media, a Reel circulates where the head of the Irish airline is seen enthusiastically say that among the most beautiful things in Calabria, in addition to the sea and the sun there are Occhiuto. An endorsement, this, which is worth about 20 million euros at the expense of the Calabrians ». This was stated in a note the parliamentarian of the 5 Star Movement Riccardo Tucci. “More precisely, – he adds – the prediction of taxes that Ryanair will not pay thanks to the cutting of the Municipal Additional of the Calabria Region. Cut that Occhiuto makes the Calabrians pay indirectly. Ingestable of the an appetite offered, CEO Wilson is now asking the Meloni government to extend the Calabria model to the whole national territory in exchange for 250 new flights. A nice deal, without a shadow, pity, however, that with this mechanism the profits will deprive themselves and socialize the losses. And to pay – he concludes – will be the Calabrians ».
Comito’s reply
«The controversy of the M5s Tucci parliamentarian on the CEO of Ryanair Eddy Wilson is really weed and embarrassing. Two days ago the CEO of the Irish airline, which is the largest low -cost airline in Europe and one of the largest in the world by number of passengers, presented the winter operating in Calabria in Crotone with 8 new routes, the largest winter program ever in Calabria “. So Michele Comito, group leader of Forza Italia in the Calabria regional council. “Following the commitment of President Occhiuto for eliminating the municipal additional – continues – Wilson also underlined, among other things, the investment of 15 million euros in a brand new maintenance structure in Lamezia, which will create 300 local jobs. Very positive things seem to us, but Tucci and M5s do not like all this at all, indeed this model would soon like to abolish it. Asking the Calabrians if they prefer to return to the past when the Calabrian airport system was on the verge of bankruptcy with the sacal in the hands of private individuals and two airports out of three, those of Crotone and Reggio Calabria, were at risk of closure. This is the model that would like to return Tridico and the M5S. They like so much the narrative of a poor region, underdeveloped, dying. We and above all the Calabrians, instead, are pleased to see frequencies and routes increase, to have modern and functional airports, expand travel opportunities for our citizens and for many visitors, contribute concretely to local economic development, tourism and the creation of jobs “.
“For Tucci and Tridico – says the Forzista exponent – it must be a real cold shower to discover that only in 2024 the Calabrian airports recorded the historical record of 3.6 million passengers (+7.5% on 2023), which Lamezia exceeded 2.7 million, Reggio has touched 622 thousand (+113.9%, first in Europe for growth), while Crotone exceeded 273 thousand (+20.3%). For them it is a bad thing that in 2025 there is a growth of 33% of international arrivals and the internationalization rate rising to 20.7%, the highest value ever recorded in Calabria “. “Unfortunately – concludes Comito – if they make a reason because this is Calabria that they will see in the coming years, not the dark -colored one that love to describe in this election campaign so much”.