00:00At Berlin's airport, no airline offers more flights than Ryanair,
00:04but the company says that Berlin has become too expensive.
00:08They're moving planes out.
00:10Ryanair manager Eddie Wilson says generally taxes and fees are too high in Germany,
00:15a reason why the country is lagging behind European competitors with regards to air travel.
00:20So you now have Berlin, the capital city of the largest economy in Europe.
00:25Their airport in total has less passengers than Dublin airport,
00:30the capital city of one of the smallest economies in Europe.
00:34That's telling you something.
00:36Heightened security standards at check-in as well as a tax increase
00:40have made operating in Germany expensive for airlines.
00:44For a regular plane with 150 passengers,
00:47airlines are paying over 4000 euros in fees in Frankfurt,
00:51much more than in other European cities,
00:54some of which, like Dublin, charge less than a tenth of that.
00:58These huge discrepancies within Europe could lead to German cities getting less traffic in future.
01:04Ryanair says they might leave the country entirely if costs don't drop.
01:10We've got these 350 aircraft, where are they likely to go?
01:15And at the moment the sign is up in Germany to say we don't want any of those aircraft.
01:22Air travel and accessibility, however, are important for German cities to attract business.
01:27The problem is well known.
01:29Airports, too, have criticized the high level of taxes putting pressure on the industry.
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