Budget airline steps up winter services
BUDGET airline Ryanair has announced a new a route to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia and five new winter services from Liverpool John Lennon Airport, as part of its winter schedule.
The additional services are to Bergerac in south western France, Gran Canaria, Pisa in Italy, Porto in Portugal and Szczecin in Poland and there will be more flights Alicante and Malaga.
The additions mean that at all six will now be served from Liverpool all year round bringing greater choice for the region’s travellers.
The new services will bring additional weekly departures during the Winter season with the Airport expecting a 7% increase in Ryanair passenger numbers for the period compared to Winter 2015/16.
In total, Ryanair will now feature 24 Winter destinations from Liverpool with 93 weekly flights, offering a great mix of sun and city break destinations.
Ryanair’s head of communications, Robin Kiely said: “Our 24 Winter routes (and 28 Summer services) will help deliver 1.9 million customers this year and support 1,400 “on-site” jobs at Liverpool Airport.”
