Ryanair Ends €10 Flights as Fuel Costs Soar, Budget Airlines Respond

Ryanair’s short-haul flights in Europe will now cost 40 or even 50 euros, according to statements made by the CEO of the Irish company. A change in commercial strategy that delights EasyJet, Transavia or Wizz Air, for whom Ryanair was demonstrating unfair competition.

For some, the fact that this fleet based in Ireland "does not have the same social and tax rules as the others" could allow it to do whatever it wanted, criticized Luc Bereni, from the French company Air Corsica, last year. "How can you offer a plane ticket for 10 euros on the market when the addition of taxes alone generally exceeds 30 euros for a one-way trip from an airport?" he added.

Today, with tickets costing a minimum of 40 or 50 euros, the promotional price is still well below the normal rate. The small increase made would just allow the company to avoid certain losses, especially since its economic situation is not the most flattering at the moment. In 2021, its losses reached 273 million euros. And even if it returned to profitability in the first quarter of 2022, the situation is far from comfortable.