Ryanair has based an extra two planes, announced 10 new routes, and added 60 jobs in Sweden in direct response to the country’s government deciding to abolish its aviation
tax.
There will be five summer 2025 routes each out of Gothenburg and Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport to Italy, France, Bosnia, Greece and Croatia.
Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said: “As Europe’s number one airline, Ryanair is thrilled to announce significant growth and expansion in Sweden, following the Swedish Government’s forward-thinking decision to abolish the harmful Aviation Tax, which has been holding back Sweden’s post-Covid recovery and stifling traffic, jobs, and economic growth. Abolishing this tax will bring Sweden’s cost competitiveness more in line with its EU counterparts and allow Ryanair to deliver record growth and investment in Sweden.
“In direct response to the removal of the Aviation Tax, Ryanair will rapidly increase capacity in Sweden by adding two extra based aircraft at our Arlanda and Gothenburg bases for Summer 2025 – a $200m investment that will create 60 direct local jobs – and by launching 10 new routes for Swedish citizens/visitors. This much-needed investment will be in addition to extraordinary growth in traffic to date, with Ryanair traffic in Sweden at 160% of pre-Covid levels. However, this extra growth and investment is contingent on Swedavia not increasing airport charges.
“To celebrate this positive development for the future of aviation and connectivity in Sweden, Ryanair will now grow in Gothenburg by doubling the number of based aircraft to 2 in total, and will increase the aircraft based in Arlanda to 6 in total, an increase of 33% with a $200M investment, as well as 10 new routes to deliver 81 routes total to/from Sweden next Summer – an unprecedented level of growth thanks to the Government’s efforts to increase connectivity for Swedish citizens and inbound tourists. This reduction in tax will also act as a platform for further investment in aircraft, connectivity, tourism and jobs.”
