Not much sign of winter sun giving the travel industry a healthy glow. Barely a day after Ryanair cut a million flights to Spain, tour operator Jet2 reduced its capacity by 200,000. If you were hoping to get some much-needed sunshine in the darker months, it’s going to cost you.
What’s going on? Well, Ryanair is having one of its regular ding-dongs with an airport operator, something its pugnacious boss Michael O’Leary seems to live for. The company has lambasted what it calls a “shameless” fee increase on the part of Aena, Spain’s national airport operator.