Ryanair makes cautious market entry via Wrocław

Ryanair assumes that it will fly around 100,000 passengers during the first 12 months of its operating on the Polish market. "It is a very cautious and conservative assumption. Probably it will be much better," said Caroline Baldwin, the sales director for Germany, Austria, Poland and Czech Republic. "We have an optimistic attitude towards the Polish market". However, according to Baldwin, the relatively high costs of using Polish airports, which are three or even four times higher than in Spain, are an obstacle to further growth of budget airlines in Poland. She admitted that Ryanair is interested in cooperation with other Polish airports but on condition that they will offer more realistic prices. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 9; Parkiet, p. 5) E.B.