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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ryanair-blames-tax-for-route-cuts.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Ryanair has blamed a new German tourist tax for its decision to axe 34 routes from its schedule next summer" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-ryanair-blames-tax-for-route-cuts.jpg" alt="Ryanair has blamed a new German tourist tax for its decision to axe 34 routes from its schedule next summer"/></a></p>
<p>Budget airline Ryanair has blamed a new German tourist tax for its decision to axe 34 routes from its schedule next summer.</p>
<p>Flights connecting Liverpool to Bremen and Birmingham to Dusseldorf are among those to be scrapped as a result of Germany&#8217;s eight euro (£6.79p) tax on flights, which comes into effect at the start of January.</p>
<p>Ryanair flights between Kerry in Ireland and Dusseldorf will also be stopped as part of reductions in its German operation next year.</p>
<p>The airline said its decision to make &#8220;deep cuts&#8221; to its business in Germany will cost an estimated 3,000 jobs across the industry and reduce the number of passengers it flies in the country by three million a year.</p>
<p>Ryanair boss Michael O&#8217;Leary urged the German government to rethink the tax, which he said would damage the country&#8217;s economy.</p>
<p>He called on Germany to follow the example set by Ireland which last week announced it would reduce its tourist tax from 10 euros to three euros in March.</p>
<p>Mr O&#8217;Leary said: &#8220;The German government&#8217;s eight euro tourist tax continues to inflict significant damage on traffic, tourism and jobs in Germany. International experience shows that tourist taxes caused a large traffic and tourism collapse in both Ireland and the UK and we believe that this ill-advised tax will inflict similar damage to German tourism and jobs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ryanair will move its aircraft to bases outside Germany that welcome tourists, he added.</p>
<p>The UK increased its air passenger duty at the start of November. The levy on flights of up to 2,000 miles including those to Europe increased 9% to 12.95 euro (£11), while flights of between 2,000 and 4,000 miles including those to Egypt and America increased 33% to 70.64 euro (£60).</p>
<p>The levy on journeys of between 4,000 and 6,000 miles increased 50% to £75, and passengers on flights of more than 6,000 miles must pay 100 euro (£85), a 55% increase.</p>
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