Ryanair about Rygge-controversy: – It is unfortunately sad news – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): After Ryanair announced that they drop Rygge base, due to the aircraft seat fee, the board at the airport decided to close Moss Airport Rygge from 1 November. Ryanair now hold a press conference on his plans for Norway.

– There are unfortunately sad news, says Ryanair’s commercial director, David O’Brien, who has come to Norway.

– There you can thank your governments, says O’Brien.

He says they came with an offer to Rygge which was 50 percent of the traffic they have today, but that Moss could not accept the offer. The Board of Rearview has stated that they could lose as much as two-thirds of its volume, when Ryanair withdraws.

And now it’s clear: Ryanair withdraws actually from Rygge.

– Oslo-base closes on October 29, beats O’Brien stuck.

At the same time he says that Ryanair will open routes three times a day from Heathrow to London Stansted. They also open a route to Vilnius from Gardermoen.

– If we are told that the tax is scrapped, so we will not shut the base. Or we will open it again, says O’Brien.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg is among those who have pointed out that Ryanair must lay down at Rygge due to aircraft seat fee, yet to open new routes at Gardermoen.

– When it comes to Gardermoen … When our airline passengers still have to pay more, we might as smoothly fly them from Gardermoen, says O’Brien.

– Is their business at Rygge profitable? get Ryanair matter.

– Ryanair their businesses as a whole profitable. We’re not going to talk about individual bases, responds O’Brien.

The Board stated that the airport closed if Ryanair did not turn.

– We have close and constructive dialogue with Ryanair and what comes is no surprise to us, said Pål Tandberg at Moss Airport Rygge Dagbladet before the press conference.

The board of the airport already know the contents of the Ryanair will introduce today. They decided to close last Tuesday.

Tandberg has repeatedly said that it is too late for Moss, even if politicians would suddenly turn on airplane seat fee.

– We are far overdue already. It’s beyond my control to say whether it is possible to correct this, but it looks very complicated, said Tandberg NTB on Thursday.

Without Ryanair might airport namely losing a million passengers.