Ryanair Unveils 2025 Summer Flight Schedule for Milan
Ryanair announces its 2025 summer schedule for Milan, featuring 156 routes and a $3 billion investment.
Ryanair has announced its summer 2025 flight schedule for Bergamo and Malpensa airports, aiming to strengthen connectivity in the Lombardy region. The program includes an extensive network of vacation and urban destinations across Europe, along with connections to low-demand airports.
Ryanair's 2025 Summer Expansion in Milan
- 30 aircraft based in Bergamo and Malpensa, with a $3 billion investment
- 156 total routes
- 18.7 million annual passengers
- Over 2,300 weekly flights
- More than 15,000 jobs created
Challenges to Growth in Milan
Ryanair is facing operational expansion difficulties in Milan due to a €0.50 municipal tax increase per passenger, imposed by the Italian government starting April 1, 2025. In contrast, Abruzzo, Calabria, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia have seen increased capacity after abolishing these taxes, allowing the addition of four aircraft with a $400 million investment.
Given this situation, Ryanair is urging the government to eliminate municipal surcharges at all Italian airports to avoid negative impacts on operational capacity, boost air traffic growth, and strengthen the country’s tourism sector.
If the tax is removed, Ryanair estimates it could:
- Increase annual traffic to 80 million passengers
- Create 1,500 new jobs for pilots, crew, and engineers
- Add 40 more aircraft with a $4 billion investment
- Introduce 250+ new routes across Italian airports
Ryanair Criticizes Italian Tax Hike
Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson expressed concerns over Italy’s fiscal policy, warning that the tax increase would reduce Milan’s and Italy’s competitiveness compared to European destinations like Poland and Sweden, which have cut aviation taxes to stimulate air traffic.
"Unfortunately, the Italian government continues to limit Milan’s and Italy’s potential by not abolishing the regressive municipal surcharge and, worse, approving its increase from April 1, 2025. This decision will make Milan and Italy less competitive than other European countries, such as Poland and Sweden, which are eliminating or reducing aviation taxes and lowering access costs to promote traffic growth," Wilson stated.
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