Ryanair is encouraging all E.U citizens to vote in the European elections from 6 to 9 June. Launching the campaign at Brussels Zaventem Airport, the airline – one of the key operators at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport – noted that “the enormous growth of low-fare airline travel across the E.U. would not have been possible without the success of the E.U. single market and the deregulation of air travel, which freed E.U. citizens from the state-owned high-fare flag carriers in the 1970s and 1980s.
“Ryanair has led this revolution in low-fare air travel, together with other low-cost airlines such as EasyJet, Wizz, Jet2 and others. Air travel across Europe and tourism in the peripheral states of Europe have grown dramatically over the last 30 years thanks to the widespread availability of Ryanair’s fares. Ryanair believes it is vital that E.U. citizens turn out and vote in the E.U. elections and signal their strong support for the E.U. single market and for the continued growth and development of low-fare air travel and tourism jobs in the regions of Europe.”
Officially unveiling the campaign, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said, “Low-fare air travel has been one of the great successes of the E.U. single market. Brexit has shown, however, that these freedoms and gains can be lost so it is imperative that all E.U. citizens, particularly Ryanair’s 200 million passengers, turn out to vote in the E.U. elections.
“We strongly encourage all E.U. citizens to vote in favour of those parties who support the deregulation of air travel and who support the growth of low-fare air travel, the freedom of movement of E.U. citizens across Europe.
“We wish to see tourism and jobs across the regions of Europe grow and thrive over the next decade and Ryanair is investing heavily in new fuel-efficient aircraft to deliver this growth in air travel while reducing our fuel consumption and CO2 emissions on a per passenger basis.”
In June and July, Ryanair is offering football fans a special schedule of flights to Euro 2024 matches in Germany.
