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RNS Number : 1969G  Ryanair Holdings PLC  30 September 2024

RYANAIR WELCOMES AUSTRIAN COURT RULING TO REJECT VIDA UNION'S REQUEST TO
IMPOSE AUSTRIAN AIRLINES HIGH COSTS AND INEFFICIENCIES

ON AIRLINE COMPETITORS IN AUSTRIA

Ryanair, Austria's No.1 airline, today (Mon 30 Sept) welcomed the Austrian
Court (BVwG) ruling, which dismissed the Vida Union's application to impose
Austrian Airlines high costs and inefficient work practices on its lower fare
airline competitors here in Austria. Ryanair believes that this ruling, which
will promote competition, choice, and growth in air travel to/from Austria, is
good for Austrian consumers/visitors, as it means that more airlines will be
encouraged to open and grow bases in Austria, now that they will not have
Austrian Airlines high cost and inefficient work practices imposed upon them.

Ryanair, which continues to grow air travel, tourism and jobs here in Austria
calls on the Govt to abolish its damaging aviation tax and follow the example
of the Italian regions and the Swedish Govt, which last week abolished its
aviation tax of €6.70 per seat. Ryanair has promised to grow traffic to/from
Vienna by 50% if the new Austrian Govt abolishes its anti-consumer and
outdated €12 aviation tax.

Laudamotion CEO Andreas Gruber said:

"All of us in Ryanair welcomed the Federal Court`s ruling to reject the Vida
Union's crazy request to impose Austrian Airlines high cost and inefficient
work practices on other airline competitors with bases here in Austria. This
ruling now clears the way for other airlines to copy Ryanair and base more
aircraft, open more routes, and create more jobs based here at Austria's
airports. This growth will accelerate if the Austrian Govt copies the example
of Italy and Sweden and scraps its €12 aviation tax, which is doing untold
damage to Austrian aviation and tourism.

This BVwG ruling is great news for Austrian citizens/visitors, and good news
for the growth and development of competition and choice in Austrian aviation
and tourism. The more low-fare airlines that copy Ryanair's example and open
low fare bases here in Austria, grow routes and traffic, the better it will be
for Austrian tourism, for Austrian citizens and for Austrian visitors.

This welcome Austrian Court ruling should now inspire the next Austrian Govt
to scrap the idiotic and damaging aviation tax, and to put Austrian tourism
and economic growth at the centre of its new Govt program. Ryanair can deliver
50% traffic growth in Austria over the next 5 years, but only if the new Govt
abolishes this expensive and damaging aviation tax, as the Italian and Swedish
Governments have already done."

ENDS
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