Ryanair call on Govt to scrap 'stupid' travel tax

Ryanair have called on the Government to scrap its "stupid and unfair" €10 travel tax, as Fáilte Ireland released traffic figures which show that the passenger numbers to and from Ireland in the month of February fell by over 220,000 (-10.5%).

If this rate of decline is maintained, according to Ryanai Ireland will lose more than 2.6m passenger movements in 2009 as visitors are turned off travelling to Ireland by the Government’s €10 tax and the Government-owned DAA’s €15 departure fee.