Photo: DPAIrish low-cost airline Ryanair on Tuesday said it will expand routes from Germany's Frankfurt airport in future, but warned of challenges ahead for the airline industry from Brexit. A boosted presence in Frankfurt extends Ryanair's challenge to Lufthansa, already angered by the airport's decision to charge the no-frills insurgent lower fees. But Frankfurt will "never be a very large airport for Ryanair," the Ryanair chief said, in part because the Irish carrier is not interested in competing with Lufthansa and its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings for domestic German traffic. Ryanair's presence at Frankfurt will peak at between 10 and 20 aircraft serving eight to 10 million passengers a year, he predicted. O'Leary went on to offer a sober warning of the consequences of Brexit for the airline industry, a familiar theme for the rambunctious CEO.

Source: The Local February 28, 2017 14:37 UTC