Ryanair: 14 new routes and demands to open Montijo airport

The leader of the low-cost airline says that the high fees imposed by ANA’s monopoly are forcing airlines like Ryanair to cut back on regional flights to and from Portugal”.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary announced 14 new routes for the summer and demanded that the government “immediately open” Montijo airport “to end ANA’s high fee monopoly in Lisbon forever”.

“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 and from Portugal,” he said, criticizing the rise in fees.

“We demand that the Portuguese government immediately open Montijo airport to end ANA’s high fee monopoly in Lisbon forever,” reads the statement released at the press conference in Lisbon.