27 Jan 2016 10:41
RYANAIR LAUNCHES DUBLIN WINTER 2016 SCHEDULE
2 NEW ROUTES TO HAMBURG & SOFIA, 5 NEW WINTER SERVICES, 1.2M NEW C'MERS
Ryanair, Ireland's favourite airline, today (27 Jan) launched its Dublin winter 2016 schedule, with 2 new routes to Hamburg and Sofia, 5 new winter services to Athens, Bologna, Murcia, Porto and Seville and more flights to Bucharest and London Gatwick, which will deliver 12.3m customers p.a. (+1.2m) and support 9,200* jobs, as Ryanair grows by 10% at Dublin Airport.
Ryanair's Dublin winter 2016 schedule will deliver:
· 2 new routes to Hamburg (5 weekly) & Sofia (3)
· 5 new winter services to Athens (2 weekly), Bologna (2) Murcia (2), Porto (2) & Seville (2)
· 68 routes in total
· More flights to Bucharest (5 weekly), Gatwick (8 daily)
· 670 weekly flights
· 12.3m customers p.a. (+1.2m)
· 9,200* "on-site" jobs p.a.
Ryanair will continue to connect Dublin with Europe's major centres of business through high frequency services, including Amsterdam (4 daily), Brussels (3 daily), London (19 daily), Madrid (3 daily), Milan (2 daily) and Rome (2 daily), with more flights, better timings and the lowest fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers.
Irish consumers and visitors can choose from 68 Dublin routes in winter 2016 and can look forward to further improvements, as Ryanair continues its "Always Getting Better" programme, which includes more new routes, a new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.
DUBLIN WINTER 2016 GROWTH
Hamburg NEW | 5 x weekly | Bologna | 2 x weekly | Murcia | 2 x weekly |
Sofia NEW | 3 x weekly | Bucharest | 5 x weekly | Porto | 2 x weekly |
Athens | 2 x weekly | London Gat | 8 x daily | Seville | 2 x weekly |
In Dublin, Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:
"We are pleased to launch our Dublin winter 2016 schedule, which includes 2 new routes to Hamburg and Sofia, 5 new winter services to Athens, Bologna, Murcia, Porto and Seville and more flights to Bucharest and London Gatwick, which will deliver 12.3 million annual customers at Dublin Airport. Last year Ryanair single handily delivered 70% of the growth at Dublin Airport, following the Government's decision to scrap the air travel tax, and we look forward to continuing to grow tourism, routes and jobs.
Our 105m customers can look forward to further improvements, as we continue our "Always Getting Better" programme, which includes more new routes, a new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.
To celebrate the launch of our Dublin winter 2016 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network from just €19.99, which are available for booking until Monday (1 Feb). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out."
ENDS
*ACI research confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs are sustained at international airports for every 1m passengers
For further information
please contact: Robin Kiely Piaras Kelly
Ryanair Ltd Edelman Ireland
Tel: +353-1-9451949 Tel: +353-1-6789333
press@ryanair.com ryanair@edelman.com