For Ryanair, the next summer season in Sicily will be “robust, but not growth” but braking in Sicily by the municipal adhesion, which will increase by 0.50 euros per month starting from 1 April 2025 at the largest airports in Italy. This was announced by the same airline, which today in Palermo launched the operational for the summer 2025 for Sicilian airports in which it is active – Catania, Palermo and Trapani – which provides for 10 aircraft, $ 1 billion in investments between Catania and Palermo, 100 total routes, 7.5 million passengers for the summer and 6 thousand jobs. Ryanair has announced that he is unable to grow in Sicily this summer, due to “the repeated presence of the municipal areawhich does not benefit the region and negatively affects local tourism, employment and access to low rates for Sicilians who travel to Italian and European destinations. This is clearly contrasting with the growth recorded in other Italian regions “.
For the airline Sicily should therefore follow the example of the Calabria Region, which has eliminated the municipal additional and recorded a spectacular increase in traffic (+50%), tourism and employment, in addition to the recent investment of 15 Millions of euros for the two Hangars of Lamezia airportwhich will support up to 300 highly qualified and well -paid jobs for the region. “The municipal additional continues to damage the Sicilian economy and the flight bonus have failed to increase the ability for Sicilian residents, nor to increase the connections with the continent – reads a note from the airline -. Consequently, the Sicilian airports remain strongly disadvantaged compared to other Italian regions such as Calabria, Abruzzo and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where access costs have been actively reduced to promote tourism and connectivity throughout the year with the abolition of municipal additional ». Ryanair therefore urges the Sicilian regional council to “immediately eliminate the ineffective flight bonuses, which represent a waste of money for taxpayers, and instead asks for the abolition of the Municipal Additional to safeguard the connections throughout the year, tourism and travel At low rates for citizens ».
This would allow Ryanair to guarantee growth of traffic, tourism and employment in Sicily, guaranteeing up to 5 more aircraft based, over 1,200 new highly qualified and well -paid jobs for the region, increased national and international tourism in the region and 3 million more passengers per year in the next 4 years. “Ryanair, the number 1 airline in Italy and Sicily – said the CEO of Ryanair, Eddie Wilson -, has largely shown his commitment to Sicily, where it has been operating for 22 years, transporting over 85 million passengers and revolutionizing Air travel with low rates and a greater choice of national and international routes for all Sicilians ». According to Wilson “the regressive municipal additional and the ineffective flight bonuses of the Sicilian regional council continue to damage traffic, jobs and growth of tourism in the region, and while others like Calabria are experiencing spectacular growth thanks to the abolition of the Municipal Additional with lower costs, Sicily is losing this growth. The time has come for Sicily to accelerate growth and unlock its tourist potential, but only if the regional council will abolish both the bankruptcy flight bonuses and the municipal additional. Ryanair is ready to respond, as we did in Calabria, accelerating the connectivity and growth of tourism with over 3 million more passengers, the creation of 1,200 new jobs, which will increase national and international connectivity and, ultimately , will offer lower rates to Sicilian residents and visitors, “he concluded.