Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary hit out at Belgium for increasing taxes on air transport

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary hit out at Belgium for increasing taxes on air transport

 Simon Wohlfahrt

Low-cost airline Ryanair on Wednesday announced it is mulling a cut to flights in Belgium, especially at its major European hub of Charleroi Airport, because of Belgian authorities' "stupid" taxes.

"What's extraordinary about the stupidity of the Belgian government is that they've come up with this visionary idea to raise taxes on passengers, at a time when almost every other European country is abolishing travel and environmental taxes," chief executive Michael O'Leary told reporters in Brussels.

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