Ryanair has presented what it calls a 'rescue plan for Irish tourism' to the Government-appointed Tourism Renewal Group in a briefing at Dublin Castle.
The airline called for six specific measures to be implemented. It claimed these would enable traffic and tourism numbers in Ireland to grow by 20% over the next two years.
Ryanair wants the €10 travel tax scrapped. It has also called for an end to subsidies for regional air routes and the closure of the Aviation Regulator's office. Ryanair also wants the Metro North project scrapped.
The airline also called for the Dublin Airport Authority to reduce charges by 30%, and allow Cork and Shannon to 'incentivise low-cost traffic growth instead of useless new route schemes'.
Ryanair said that if the travel tax were scrapped, it would reverse its recently announced cuts at Dublin and Shannon airports.
