Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer, David O’Brien.
A range of new positions will also be created in IT, Sales & Marketing, Digital Experience, Finance and Commercial at Ryanair’s Dublin office, and also at its Travel Labs Poland subsidiary in Wroclaw.
Ryanair announced that it is to launch a major recruitment drive as it plans to take delivery of 50 new aircraft in the next 12 months.
Ryanair announced that it will be hiring 2,000 new cabin crew, 1,000 pilots and 250 aircraft engineers, as well as promoting over 300 First Officers on its command upgrade programme across its 84-base European network.
A range of new positions will also be created in IT, Sales & Marketing, Digital Experience, Finance and Commercial at Ryanair’s Dublin office, and also at its Travel Labs Poland subsidiary in Wroclaw.
Eddie Wilson, Ryanair’s Chief People Officer said: “2017 is set to be our busiest recruitment year to date, and we are continuing to invest heavily in talent for the future. Ryanair is now considered to be the ‘go-to’ airline for both cadet and direct entry hires, with our industry leading 5/4 roster for pilots, and both pilots and cabin crew have the opportunity to work on the youngest fleet in Europe as we take delivery of our new Boeing aircraft.
As our aircraft numbers grow from 355 to over 500 in the next 5 years, Ryanair will hire over 5,000 new people. Candidates interested in all current opportunities should visit careers.ryanair.com for further information."
Ryanair launches Cologne summer 2017 schendule
Ryanair launched its Cologne summer schedule (2017), with a new summer service to Sofia and 21 routes in total, which will deliver 2.3m customers p.a. and support 1,800* jobs at Cologne Airport.
Ryanair’s Cologne summer schedule will see 21 routes including sun services to Corfu, Faro and Malaga, 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 service to Sofia (4 weekly)
- 21 routes in total (including Berlin x 5 daily)
- 137 weekly flights
- 2.3m customers p.a.
Ryanair is the ideal choice for business and leisure customers, who can now book their flights to/from Cologne up to October 2017, choosing from 21 routes in summer 2017, on the lowest fares.
In Cologne, Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer, David O’Brien said: “We are pleased to launch our Cologne summer 2017 schedule, with a new summer service to Sofia, with 21 routes in total, which will deliver 2.3m customers p.a. and support 1,800 jobs at Cologne Airport. Ryanair continues to grow strongly in Germany, creating competition amongst German airports, which is good for consumers, driving down the cost of flying and offering more choice. There is huge potential for more Ryanair low fare routes to be added across our German network, and we would encourage our partners in Cologne Airport to work with us so that we can add even more new routes, while boosting tourism and job creation in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in the years to come.”
Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said: “Ryanair 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 Cologne. To celebrate the launch of our Cologne summer 2017 schedule, we are launching a 20% off sale on selected routes for travel between November and February, which are available for booking until Wednesday (5 Oct). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
Ryanair launches record Hamburg Summer 2017 schedule (+180%)
Finally, Ryanair launched its biggest ever Hamburg summer schedule (2017), with 2 new routes to Faro and Thessaloniki, 7 new summer services to Brussels, Dublin, Gran Canaria, London, Manchester, Milan and Sofia (16 routes in total) and extra flights to Palma, which will deliver 1.7m customers p.a. and support 1,300* jobs at Hamburg Airport, as Ryanair grows its Hamburg operations by 180%.
Ryanair’s Hamburg summer schedule will see more frequencies to sun destinations, 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:
- 2 based aircraft ($200m investment)
- 2 new routes: Faro (3 wkly) & Thessaloniki (3 wkly)
- 7 new summer services: Brussels (2 dly), Dublin (5 wkly), Gran Canaria (2 wkly), London S (2 dly), Manchester (dly), Milan Bergamo (dly) & Sofia (2 wkly)
- Extra flights to Palma (2 dly)
- 16 routes in total
- 95 weekly flights
- 1.7m customers p.a.
Ryanair’s new Hamburg base will open on 2nd November, as it continues to grow German traffic, tourism and jobs, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers, who can now book their flights to/from Hamburg up to October 2017, on the lowest fares.
In Hamburg, David O’Brien said: “We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Hamburg summer schedule, which includes 2 new routes to Faro and Thessaloniki, new summer services to Brussels, Dublin, Gran Canaria, London Stansted, Manchester, Milan Bergamo and Sofia and extra flights to Palma, which will deliver 1.7m customers p.a. and support 1,300 jobs at Hamburg Airport, as we continue to grow our Hamburg operations by 180%. We look forward to the opening of our Hamburg base at the start of November, with 2 based aircraft, an investment of $200m, which further underlines our commitment to growing German traffic, tourism and jobs."
Kenny Jacobs said: “Ryanair 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 Hamburg. To celebrate the launch of our Hamburg summer 2017 schedule, we are launching a 20% off sale on selected routes for travel between November and February, which are available for booking until Wednesday (5 Oct). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
Angelos is the news editor for TravelDailyNews Media Network (traveldailynews.gr, traveldailynews.com and traveldailynews.asia). His role includes to monitor the hundrends of news sources of TravelDailyNews Media Network and skim the most important according to our strategy.
He currently studies Communication, Media & Culture in Panteion University of Political & Social Studies of Athens.
