High five for budget airline
LOW-cost airline Ryanair is to expand its operations from Liverpool John Lennon Airport for the summer of 2017 with five new destinations and an increase in frequency on existing services.
The expansion will bring up to an extra 15 departing flights a week and more than 200,000 additional seats on sale from Liverpool compared to this year and an expected 11% growth in Ryanair passenger traffic.
The new routes to be featured from Liverpool are to Prague the capital of the Czech Republic, Sofia the capital of Bulgaria, Marrakesh in Morocco, the Spanish Catalan city of Girona and Bari in southern Italy.
In addition there will be increased departures each week to Warsaw in Poland, Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Faro on the Portuguese Algarve and to the Spanish holiday destinations of Alicante and Malaga.
This will see Ryanair serve some 32 destinations from Liverpool next summer and this latest expansion of their services is expected to further continue the growth in passenger numbers that the Airport has been experiencing for the past 18 months.
Ryanair celebrated the launch of its Liverpool summer schedule and new routes by launching a 100,000 seat sale at prices starting from just £19.99, across its entire European network, for travel in October and November, which must be booked by midnight Monday.
Andrew Cornish, chief executive of for Liverpool JLA said: “This latest commitment from Ryanair towards the Airport and the City Region is a reflection of the confidence that we both have in the opportunities for further growth here.
“Ryanair recognise the recent investment put in by the Airport with improved facilities and our best in class customer service, giving the region’s travellers a great Airport experience typified by our Faster. Easier. Friendlier marketing.”
Robin Kiely, head of communications at Ryanair added: “Liverpool customers and visitors have a great choice of low fare sun getaways, with 32 summer 2017 routes to choose from, making Ryanair the ideal choice for families, leisure travel and business customers, who can enjoy our new cabin interiors, great new digital features, more new destinations and even lower fares, as we continue to roll out our ‘Always Getting Better’ programme.”
