In November 2022, low-cost airline Ryanair will return to Klagenfurt Airport after many years of absence. The carrier expects to carry between 50.000 and 60.000 passengers to/from Carinthia every year. Work is already underway on expanding the range of services in the 2023 summer flight schedule.

A few weeks ago, the company explained to Aviation.Direct that the advance booking figures correspond to expectations and in some cases even exceed them. In cooperation with Klagenfurt Airport you will Set up shuttle services from feeders to the Carinthian ski areas. Ryanair spokesman Andreas Gruber now said that from today's perspective, around 50.000 to 60.000 passengers per year are expected to/from Klagenfurt.

The cards that Lilihill could succeed in bringing the annual number of passengers over the 100.00 mark are not bad at all. The prerequisite for this, however, is that the market accepts the flight offer as is currently expected. Ryanair could expand the range of services in Carinthia in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Gruber explained to Aviation.Direct that they are currently working on the flight plan for the coming year and are intensively examining an expansion of the offer.

No news yet about a possible Graz comeback

A few weeks ago, Ryanair leaked during a press conference that it did too Discussions with Graz Airport about a possible non-stop connection to London Stansted. The summer timetable for 2023 is under discussion as a possible starting date. When asked, the company spokesman said that there was no news on this topic.

In addition to Klagenfurt and Vienna, Ryanair also has Salzburg Airport in its route network in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. During the cold season, you head for this from Dublin, London-Stansted and Manchester. In addition to these three destinations, Carinthia also offers Charleroi in Belgium.

In Vienna-Schwechat, where Ryanair has stationed aircraft belonging to the subsidiaries Lauda Europe, Malta Air and Buzz, the aim is for around 6,5 million passengers this year. This makes it the second largest provider after Austrian Airlines. In the current financial year, which ends at the end of March 2023, around 166 million travelers are expected to travel across the route network. The aim is then to reach 185 million passengers. In the current period, the number of 149 million passengers before the corona pandemic was exceeded.

Ticket prices should be increased

In the future, passengers will have to be prepared for higher ticket prices, because according to Andreas Gruber they will then start at around 25 euros. The average price will rise to "about 40 to 50 euros" within the next five years.

What is meant by this is the basic price, which only includes taking a small piece of hand luggage with you. Most airlines now consider the carriage of checked baggage, reserved seats and inflight catering as optional extras. Airlines such as Ryanair, Wizz Air or Eurowings also charge a surcharge for taking hand luggage trolleys with you. If passengers buy numerous additional services from the “modular system”, the actual final price is already well over EUR 9,99.