Ryanair announces 14 new Portugal routes

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has announced 14 new routes for the summer and has demanded that the Government "immediately open" Montijo airport "to end ANA's monopoly on high fees in Lisbon forever".

By TPN/Lusa, in News, Portugal, Business, Tourism · 07 Feb 2024, 14:07 · 10 Comments

"We are delighted to announce the biggest schedule for the summer of 2024 in Portugal, where we continue to grow and open 14 new routes," he said, but "unfortunately [...] the high fees of the ANA monopoly are forcing airlines like Ryanair to reduce regional flights to/from Portugal", said the official, criticizing the increase in fees.

"We demand that the Portuguese Government immediately open Montijo airport to end ANA's monopoly on high fees in Lisbon forever", reads the statement released at the press conference, taking place in Lisbon.

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Comments

Is it possible to know which are there new routes. Thanks

By Sylvain from Madeira on 08 Feb 2024, 10:13

Which routes?

By Per Juhlin from Algarve on 08 Feb 2024, 10:41

Ok, I give up….What are the new Routes??

By RR from Lisbon on 08 Feb 2024, 10:47

Very good of Michael O' Leary to demand the government does something. Just who does he think he is?
I suspect that there are many lobbyists representing Ana demanding that it never opens .....

By David clark from UK on 08 Feb 2024, 14:12

So 14 new routes? Maybe to make the article interesting it would help to tell the readers which routes??

By Simonne Le Brun from UK on 08 Feb 2024, 22:04

Are there 14 international airports in Portugal???

By Will O'Mahony from Alentejo on 08 Feb 2024, 22:57

Why write a headline and not give any information as to the routes? All news is Who, what when where, why, that's basic!

By Icnpcs from Porto on 09 Feb 2024, 00:53

Ryanair on X/Twitter:

Big news from Lisbon...

Another record summer '24 schedule:

14 new routes for Portugal (Alicante, Stockholm, Belfast, Budapest, Kraków, Norwich, Marrakesh, Rome, Ibiza, Madrid, Pisa, Poznan & Tangier x 2
28 based aircraft ($3bn invested)

By Dennis from Algarve on 09 Feb 2024, 09:28

This smells like someone from the PS cronies are raking in some of those ANA fees....is this really surprising to anyone anymore? The wheels stay greased.

By Martim from Lisbon on 09 Feb 2024, 18:20

Why can't Ryanair just lease or buy the airport or would TAP get the government to stop that. It seems like TAP ( the biggest drain on Portuguese money) has more say than anyone else in the country

By Daniel Montgomery from Algarve on 20 May 2024, 12:47