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RAID on Ryanair locations
Behind the success of Ryanair might be more than just a clever business model? This question of German investigators. The focus is on two British Ryanair-staff service providers.
Police and customs have heard of several Ryanair airports in Germany, pilots of the Irish low-cost airline. Background investigations are against two British personnel service provider, working in conjunction with Ryanair, were Hans-Peter Gandner of the public Prosecutor’s office in Koblenz, which coordinated the action, said. Against the two service providers of the suspicion of tax evasion and of retaining to be wages. Ryanair will not be determined. The police have interviewed the pilots, among other things, to the Ryanair-bases in Cologne, Germany, Weeze, Baden-Baden, Berlin-Schönefeld and Hahn in the Hunsrück. Now the statements need to be evaluated. Whether or not a charge will be levied, is likely to be decided until the end of the year.
Cheap flights Deal with dubious personnel service providers?
During the interrogation, it seems to be the so-called contract pilots who fly as a self-employed personnel service provider for Ryanair and the Airline allow you to save on taxes and social security contributions substantially. Ryanair was informed of the investigation by the public Prosecutor’s office, according to a company spokesman in Dublin. “Ryanair has required all of its pilots, both those directly employed as well as contract pilots, that they behave always according to their tax obligations.” The pilot Union Vereinigung Cockpit has criticized the role of the recruiter in the case of Ryanair for some time sharp.
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Ryanair – discounters of the air
The investigators began the flight captains, according to media reports, the Ryanair crew rooms at the airports. The investigation against the service provider to then run for years.
Ryanair confirmed to the German tax authorities and agreed to assist in Investigations, “some of the contract pilots”. If the authorities needed more support, this would be offered. In addition, the German tax authorities have confirmed, according to the Irish airline, that the tax investigation was investigating Ryanair directly.
tko/kle (rtr, dpa, afp)