Vertrek Ryanair uit Zaventem: “gevolg van Franstalig pestbeleid”
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Lagekostenmaatschappij Ryanair heeft vandaag te kennen gegeven dat het haar basis op de luchthaven van Zaventem definitief zal sluiten. “Daardoor dreigen 59 mensen hun job te verliezen”, zegt Kamerlid Frank Troosters. “Een zoveelste nefast gevolg van het Zaventem-pesten door de Franstalige partijen in dit land.”
In een persbericht waarin de Ierse maatschappij wijst op de zoveelste verhoging van de kosten op ‘Brussels Airport’ wordt de sluiting bevestigd. In een eerste reactie halen de vakbonden de bizarre vorm van concurrentie tussen de luchthavens van Charleroi en Zaventem aan. “De tarieven op Charleroi liggen nu heel wat lager dan die in Zaventem”, aldus Troosters. “En Ryanair maakt, zoals de vakbonden terecht opmerken, van die goedkope tarieven op secundaire luchthavens handig gebruik om winst te maken.”
“Vlaanderen moet bevoegdheid krijgen over de luchthaven van Zaventem”
“De Franstalige partijen, met Ecolo en minister Georges Gilkinet op kop, doen reeds jarenlang hun uiterste best om de luchthaven van Zaventem stokken in de wielen te steken. En dat is in het voordeel van de Waalse luchthavens van Luik en Charleroi. Dat ze daarbij duizenden Vlaamse en Brusselse jobs in gevaar brengen, stoort hen daarbij hoegenaamd niet”, vervolgt Troosters, die er op wijst dat ook de strenge geluidsnormen voor de luchthaven van Zaventem door diezelfde motieven zijn ingegeven.
Het Vlaams Belang pleit er daarom voor om de bevoegdheid over de luchthaven van Zaventem integraal over te hevelen naar Vlaanderen. “Onze luchthaven verdient een positief en ondersteunend beleid”, besluit Troosters. “En niet het pest- en afbraakbeleid van de Franstaligen dat op termijn zal zorgen voor meer dan één sociaal bloedbad.”