Financial shakedown? It's the other way around pardner, Portuguese govt gives out billions of taxpayer money to failing companies like TAP and has to cover some of that by raising airport taxes. This is a direct hit at the Ryanair model. The reason you fly to remote stansted and not Heathrow or Gatwick is because the former has low airport taxes thus allowing jamila november to get to london for 25 euros. So it's really simple, the ryanair model, a very successful model which allowed millions who couldn't fly before to do so and greatly boosted tourism in many destinations, is not going to change their formula because joao libtard stalinao wants a 100% tax hike because fuck capitalism.
By the way i don't like flying Ryanair, and will pay more to fly with a conventional airline, but dont fucking complain about ryanair crowded lines or having to pay for everything when you bought your ticket for fucking 9 euros(plead guilty).