The low-cost airline Ryanair has strongly criticized a media release sent out by Vienna Tourism a few days ago. In terms of overnight stays, the federal capital was able to almost reach the pre-crisis level in 2023. The low-cost airline feels, however, that this has not been taken into account and criticizes the fact that its competitor Austrian Airlines was prominently highlighted. In 2023, around 39 percent of tourists who visited Vienna arrived by plane. This means that this mode of transport was much more popular than, for example, night trains, which play a rather minor role. Ryanair criticizes that "this revival is attributed to the state-subsidized Lufthansa subsidiary AUA, while Ryanair's significant contribution to Vienna's tourist recovery is completely ignored. The Vienna Tourist Board is also wasting around 2 million euros on a joint marketing campaign with the high-priced AUA, which has barely increased its traffic volume since 2019 (only 1%). In the same period, Ryanair more than doubled its traffic volume in Vienna from 2,7 million passengers in 2019 to 6 million passengers in 2023." It should also be noted in this regard that Ryanair was not present under its own brand at Vienna-Schwechat Airport in 2019. The flight offer at that time was marketed by Laudamotion, which no longer exists in this form, and this brand was primarily advertised on the Austrian market. In 2020, it was decided that all flights would be operated under FR flight numbers in the future and that Laudamotion would return its AOC and operating license. The Airbus jets were relocated to the then newly founded Lauda Europe Ltd. with its registered office in Pieta (Malta). "Vienna Airport will have just