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Ryanair launches record (+6%) Madrid’s and Barcelona’s 2017 schedule

Three new routes from Madrid to Luxembourg, Newcastle and Verona. Ryanair launched its Barcelona summer 2017 schedule, with a new summer route to Sofia.

Ryanair launched its biggest ever Madrid summer 2017 schedule, with 3 new routes to Luxembourg, Newcastle and Verona, 4 new summer services to Brussels, Sofia, Toulouse and Wroclaw, and extra flights to Eindhoven and Rabat, which will deliver 6.5m customers p.a. and support 4,900* jobs at Madrid Airport, as Ryanair grows its Madrid traffic by 6% in 2017.

Ryanair’s Madrid summer schedule will see 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 rolls out year 3 of its “Always Getting Better” customer experience programme, and will deliver:

  • 3 new routes to: Luxembourg (4 weekly), Newcastle (2 weekly) and Verona (2 weekly)
  • 4 new summer routes to: Brussels (2 daily), Sofia (4 weekly), Toulouse (2 daily) and Wroclaw (2 weekly)
  • More flights to Eindhoven (4 weekly), Milan B (18 weely) & Rabat (3 weekly)
  • 46 routes in total
  • 6.5m customers p.a. (+350,000)
  • 4,900* “on-site” jobs p.a.

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

In Madrid, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Madrid summer schedule, which includes 3 new routes to Luxembourg, Newcastle and Verona, 4 new summer routes to Brussels, Sofia, Toulouse and Wroclaw, and extra flights to Eindhoven, Milan and Rabat, which will deliver 6.5m million customers p.a. and support 4,900* jobs at Madrid Airport.

Customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make advance bookings for summer 2017. As our recent guidance confirmed, Ryanair expects average fares to fall by between 10% to 12% in the 6 months to March 2017. There’s never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair and we urge all customers who wish to book their summer 2017 holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and from Madrid.”

Also, Ryanair launched its Barcelona summer 2017 schedule, with a new summer route to Sofia, and extra flights to Porto, which will deliver 6.9m customers p.a. and support 5,200* jobs at Barcelona El Prat Airport.

Ryanair’s Barcelona summer schedule will see high frequency services to sun destinations for summer family holidays, lower fares as Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better customer experience, as it rolls out year 3 of its “Always Getting Better” customer experience programme, and will deliver:

  • 1 new summer route to: Sofia (3 weekly)
  • More frequency to Porto (17 weekly)
  • 42 routes in total incl: Dublin (3 daily), London (4 daily) and Rome (5 daily)
  • 6.9m customers p.a. (+125,000)
  • 5,200* “on-site” jobs p.a.

Ryanair will continue to connect Barcelona with major leisure and business centres on high frequency, low fare services including Dublin (3 daily), London (4 daily) and Rome (5 daily) with better timings and lower fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for Barcelona business and leisure customers.

In Barcelona, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “We are pleased to launch our Barcelona summer 2017 schedule, which includes a new summer route to Sofia, and more frequency to Porto, which will deliver 6.9m million customers p.a. and support 5,200* jobs at Barcelona El Prat Airport.

Customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make advance bookings for summer 2017. As our recent guidance confirmed, Ryanair expects average fares to fall by between 10% to 12% in the 6 months to March 2017. There’s never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair and we urge all customers who wish to book their summer 2017 holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and from Barcelona.”

 
*ACI research confirms up to 750 ‘on-site’ jobs are sustained at international airports for every 1m passengers.

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