Ryanair will cancel three routes in Madeira

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Funchal Airport will no longer be connected to Marseille, Nuremberg and Bergamo in 2024.

Corruption wins again, giving Madeirans and those that live here less choice for holiday destinations. 

Madeira International Airport will lose, from January 2024, its air connections with Marseille (France), Nuremberg (Germany), Bergamo (Italy), operated by Ryanair.

The decision to remove a plane from the Madeira base after the increase in airport fees by ANA/Vinci led to the cancellation of the routes.

Ryanair will thus reduce the 10 routes it currently operates in Madeira to 7.

The justification for choosing which connections to cancel is related to logistics: “We try to maintain as many routes as possible, but some are simply not viable with this increase in costs.”

The announcement was made this morning by the commercial director of the Irish airline, Jason McGuiness, outside Quinta Vigia, where he met with the President of the Regional Government and the regional secretary of Tourism and Culture.

The Irish airline Ryanair today criticized the airport “monopoly” in Portugal, led by Vinci, owner of ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal.

At issue is the increase in airport taxes, which according to Ryanair’s commercial director, have seen an increase of 50% in Lisbon and 17% in Madeira since 2019.

Jason McGuiness criticizes that “at this moment Vinci does not have a plan to grow Tourism in Portugal”, a decisive sector for the country’s economy.

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13 Responses

  1. Not sure about Bergamo, but the ticket prices for both Marseille and Nuremberg have often been very low suggesting the routes are not sufficiently popular. Ryanair rarely misses an opportunity to put public pressure on airports, but I’d perhaps take their pronouncements about airport charges with a pinch of salt. It’s true other airports have been keeping their charges down to assist in the recovery of the travel industry but inflation is nipping at their heels: Manchester airport staff got a pay rise amounting to up to 17% this year for example, so charges are only going to go one way.

  2. What has corruption to do with a decision to increase airport fees? Compared to inflation how much have the fees increased/decreased? How much have employee wages increased? Other costs? What do the accounts for the airport company show?

    I have a vested interest in the number of tourists increasing. However, my understanding was that was the case …

  3. Quite the case for business, they are not popular nor frequently used routes so yes they have to go.
    How many Madeirans go to these destinations …..not many
    Keep the Stanstead route as planes are usually full and bring in the money.

    1. We have enough tourists on this island. But the quality is not what Madeira needs. Ryanair does not help to rise the quality of the tourists.

  5. This is the most horrible,greedy, man that has ever run an airline.Yes it might be low cost airline.BUT. I remember he wanted charge his customers £1 .0O to use loo.
    Also he seats or & more seats in.What more can I say about Ryan air

    2. Just tell us of your personal experiences of Ryanair, anything based on hearsay is an opinion. I have flown many times with them, a low cost no frills airline. Since they started flying to Madeira I have saved about a £1000. Ryanair the villain again. Remember, this increase is not just on Ryanair but all airlines meaning an increase in fares.

    3. You could say if you had flown with them and what what exactly they did wrong, or are you following the herd and just repeating what you have heard.

    1. Whilst everyone seems to be happy to bash Ryanair, I must be the only one that hasn’t had a problem, no one seems to realise the increase covers all carriers and that all fares are going to rise,

  7. I have just bought a ticket for a flight in January 2024 from Nuremberg (Germany) Half a year of planning, looking for a place to sleep – and officially the carrier’s hotline says that the flight may or may not take place 😉

  8. I don’t really get the Ryanair bashers. The 3 routes cancelled are obviously not viable business wise. Having used them on many occasions I’ve never had a problem and they do what it says on the tin. It’s a budget airline and serves the purpose of getting from A to B. If you want to fly in luxury then you have to pay luxury prices. If you want to get on a plane and reach your destination for a very reasonable price then ryanair will do that for you. The charging for toilets story was exactly that, a story, made up by a particular rag in the UK

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