Setback for Ryanair as Wrocław says "No"

Preliminary negotiations between no-frills Irish airline Ryanair and the management of Wrocław airport ended in failure. "The company wants to sign 15-years contract, in which it would receive preferential conditions, plus a subsidy of EUR 5 for every passenger. In exchange Ryanair offered flights to London for EUR 99. We forwarded the proposal to the local government," said Fryderyk Krukowski, deputy president of Wrocław airport. However, the spokesman for the Mayor of Wrocław, Marcin Garcarz, added that the town had no money to finance the company and so suspended the talks. "There are other cheap airlines which do not demand such conditions," explained Garcarz. The State Airports Company (PPL), the second largest shareholder of Wrocław airport, was also not pleased with proposals. "If we agreed to Ryanair's terms, then LOT could make similar demands," claimed Edyta Mikołajczyk from PPL. The discount airline, as usual, refused to comment on information concerning its company. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 9) M.M.