Ryanair aims to expand in Poland under new Tusk-led government

The company said it plans to raise passenger numbers in Poland by 10% to 18 million this year

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said: "I think the previous government were interested in holding down that growth. They didn't want Ryanair to expand, so we ran into a lot of political interference."

Ryanair is hoping that Poland's new pro-European government will support its growth plans in the country which assume a doubling in size over the next six to eight years, chief executive Michael O'Leary has said. 

A new government headed by former European Council President Donald Tusk took power in Poland in December after eight years of the nationalist Law and Justice party rule.