RYANAIR LAUNCH RECORD WINTER 17 BARCELONA SCHEDULE

RYANAIR LAUNCHES RECORD WINTER 2017 BARCELONA SCHEDULE

4 NEW ROUTES TO KRAKOW, LUXEMBOURG, PRAGUE & VENICE

DELIVER 10% GROWTH

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 airline, today (31 Jan) launched its biggest-ever Barcelona winter schedule, with 4 new routes to Krakow, Luxembourg, Prague and Venice, 2 new winter routes to Brussels Charleroi and Naples, and more flights on 8 existing routes, (45 in total), which will deliver 7.1m customers p.a. and support 5,300* jobs at Barcelona Airport, as Ryanair grows its Barcelona operation by 10%.

Ryanair's Barcelona winter 2017 schedule will deliver:

· 4 new routes to Krakow (2 wkly), Luxembourg (4 wkly), Prague (daily) & Venice (9 wkly)

· 2 new winter routes to Brussels Charleroi (daily) & Naples (4 wkly)

· 45 routes in total

· More flights to: Bologna (9 wkly), Budapest (daily), Gran Canaria (5 wkly), Ibiza (18 wkly),

 Malaga (9 wkly), Palma (4 daily), Seville (16 wkly) & Tenerife (10 wkly).

· 386 weekly flights

· 7.1m customers p.a.

· 5,300* "on-site" jobs p.a.

Ryanair will continue to connect Barcelona with major business centres on high frequency, low fare services including Brussels (4 daily), Dublin (3 daily), London (4 daily), Milan (3 daily) and Rome (3 daily), with better timings and lower fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers.

Ryanair's Barcelona summer 2017 schedule is attracting record bookings, with more frequencies to sun destinations for summer family holidays, lower fares as Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better customer experience, as it continues to roll out its "Always Getting Better" improvements.

In Barcelona, Ryanair's Kenny Jacobs said:

"We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Barcelona winter schedule, which includes 4 new routes to Krakow, Luxembourg, Prague and Venice, 2 new winter routes to Brussels Charleroi and Naples and 45 routes in total, which will deliver 7.1m customers p.a. and support 5,300* jobs at Barcelona El Prat. These new routes will go on sale in February as we continue to grow our traffic, tourism and jobs, underlining our commitment to the Catalonia region.

We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Barcelona summer 2017 schedule and no one will bring more tourists to and from Barcelona this year than Ryanair. Customers can look forward to even lower fares so there's never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair. We urge all customers who wish to book their holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website or mobile app, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and from Barcelona.

To celebrate the launch of our Barcelona winter 2017 schedule we are releasing seats for sale across our European network from just €9.99, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (2 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