03/03/2016

Ryanair Announces Seven New Routes

Ryanair has announced seven new routes from Belfast International Airport as part of its winter 2016 schedule. The new routes are to Alicante, Berlin, Krakow, Lanzarote, Malaga, Milan and Tenerife, while the airline also announced an additional five daily flights to London Gatwick.

The company's Belfast winter 2016 schedule will deliver three based aircraft and seven new routes to Alicante (3 weekly), Berlin (3 weekly), Krakow (3 weekly), Lanzarote (2 weekly), Malaga (4 weekly), Milan (2 weekly) & Tenerife (2 weekly).

Making the announcement in Belfast, Michael O'Leary, Ryanair, said: "We are pleased to launch our Belfast winter 2016 schedule, which grows to 3 based aircraft, 7 new routes to Alicante, Berlin, Krakow, Lanzarote, Malaga, Milan and Tenerife, as well as extra flights to London Gatwick (5 x daily), and will deliver over 1m customers p.a. and support 750 jobs at our Belfast International base.

"Our 5 times daily London Gatwick service will be perfect for both business and leisure customers and we look forward to growing routes, traffic and jobs in Belfast in the coming months and years.

"This large inward investment (over $300m) and new job creation is the latest example of how Northern Ireland benefits from the UK's membership of the European Union. Low fare air travel, which was pioneered by Ryanair in the UK and Europe, is one of the EU's great success stories."

(JP)

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