Unexpectedly, Ryanair closes one of its oldest routes from Budapest!
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Local authorities increased rural airport fees, so Ryanair cancelled its flight from Budapest to the Danish city popular for its Legoland.
Ryanair closes route due to high costs
According to okosutas.hu, Ryanair closed its flight from Budapest to Billund, a destination popular among travellers for hosting the head office of the LEGO Group and having the famous Legoland. The flight was announced for this summer, but a new resolution concerning airport fees made Ryanair close it immediately. Billund was one of the oldest routes of Ryanair from the Hungarian capital. The last flight from Budapest Airport to the Danish town is expected to depart in March.
Hungarian low-cost Wizz Air regularly rewrites its schedules, but such revisions are unusual for Ryanair. Okosutas wrote that they make such decisions only if some sudden additional cost is imposed on them, which is exactly what happened in Billund. Ryanair decided not to fly from Budapest to the Danish town because rural airport fees increased significantly, which made them decide to withdraw.
The Irish budget airline said it would close its Billund base due to the cost rise. However, at first, a few routes from Billund remained, serviced by external bases. A few days later, those were also cancelled.
