Ryanair flags London summer expansion but calls on UK to ditch passenger duty

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will operate over 180 routes and 3,000 flights from London’s Stansted, Gatwick and Luton airports during summer 2023, according to a January 17 announcement The schedule includes six new routes to Asturias, Belfast, Cornwall, Edinburgh, Klagenfurt and Leipzig, the carrier said, and would entail “increased frequencies on 30+ sunshine routes” such as Malaga and Mallorca. The carrier is to base 57 aircraft at the three airports, it said, a commitment it claimed underpins 1,600 jobs around the UK capital. “Ryanair is pleased to bring even more choice to London citizens and visitors for Summer ‘23. Our