> (there are edge cases where the airports pay the airlines to go to them, but those are rather rare exceptions). Thing may have changed since a few things hap

> (there are edge cases where the airports pay the airlines to go to them, but those are rather rare exceptions). Thing may have changed since a few things happened meanwhile, but a couple of years ago Ryanair got about 100 Million EUR [1] (sorry, link in Italian) from various Italian airports. Verona airport used to pay up to 24 EUR per passenger to low cost companies. My understanding is that some airports have been opened for political reasons even when there was no real need, so they are "forced" to make such agreements in order to guarantee a decent amount of passengers. I'm wondering if this happens also elsewhere in Europe. [1] https://www.corriere.it/economia/17_marzo_18/cento-milioni-all-anno-ryanair-incentivi-aeroporti-italiani-1d70c6e2-0bb6-11e7-a9ee-e937d2fc7af8.shtml?refresh_ce-cp https://www.corriere.it/economia/17_marzo_18/cento-milioni-a...