TAX FREE FLIGHTS FOR UK KIDS ON RYANAIR AT EASTER

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Ryanair Holdings PLC

05 December 2014

 



TAX FREE FLIGHTS FOR ALL UK KIDS FLYING RYANAIR THIS EASTER

 RYANAIR TO REFUND CHILDREN'S APD ON UK FLIGHTS FROM 27 MARCH 2015

Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (5 Dec) confirmed that it will refund the £13 UK travel tax for all children (under-12) who check-in on flights departing the UK from 1^st May 2015, following the decision of UK Chancellor George Osborne to abolish children's APD from 1^st May next.

However, Ryanair announced that it will go even further than Chancellor Osborne and refund children's APD on UK flights for the six weeks from 27^th March 2015, earlier than any other airline (or Chancellor Osborne), thereby allowing children to fly from the UK tax free for the Easter holidays so that British families can make even greater savings on their Easter breaks, as part of Ryanair's "Family Extra" service.

Refunding this UK APD for kids over the Easter Holiday period will cost Ryanair up to £2m, and is the latest in a series of customer experience improvements under Ryanair's "Always Getting Better" programme, which includes a new website, a new mobile app (with boarding passes), and the new "Family Extra" and "Business Plus" services, as Ryanair continues to deliver so much more than just the lowest fares.

Ryanair's Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs, said:

"Ryanair welcomes Chancellor Osborne's decision to scrap APD for children under-12 on flights departing the UK from 1^st May 2015. To ensure even greater savings for the millions of UK families flying Ryanair at Easter, Ryanair will refund APD for all children who check in on flights departing the UK from 27^th March 2015 onwards. Families flying Ryanair already enjoy the lowest fares and fantastic discounts with our "Family Extra" service and this will ensure even more UK families make even greater savings next Easter flying with Ryanair.

While we welcome this partial reduction in APD, we call on the UK Government to abolish APD, and allow UK tourism to return to growth and become competitive once more. Tourist traffic in Ireland has risen by almost 10% since APD was abolished in April, with the VAT received from the additional tourist spend far exceeding the loss of APD. The UK should follow suit and axe the tax for all."

ENDS

Editor's note: Children under-12 travelling on flights departing the UK from 27^th March 2015 onwards will be refunded the £13 APD per child (under-12) when they check-in for their flight on the Ryanair.com website.

When the UK Budget is passed into law, Ryanair.com's booking system will be updated to ensure that children under-12 will not be charged APD when flying with Ryanair from the UK from 1^st May 2015 onwards.

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