Budget operator Ryanair has announced six new routes from Manchester Airport from next year.
It launched its Manchester Summer 2016 schedule with an additional based aircraft, six new routes to Bratislava, Bremen, Brindisi, Carcassonne, Limoges and Malta and more flights on other ten routes, which it says will deliver 500,000 new customers as it announced it expects to grow by 25% at Manchester Airport.
The six new routes are Bratislava (3 weekly), Bremen (2 weekly), Brindisi (2 weekly), Carcassonne (3 weekly), Limoges (4 weekly) and Malta (3 weekly) while there will be more flights on ten routes, Alicante (2 daily), Barcelona (2 daily), Dublin (6 daily), Faro (2 daily), Ibiza (1 daily), Madrid (1 daily), Milan B (9 weekly), Rome (9 weekly), Valencia (3 weekly) & Warsaw (3 weekly).
Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said:
“Ryanair is pleased to launch our Manchester Summer 2016 schedule, with 6 new routes to Bratislava, Bremen, Brindisi, Carcassonne, Limoges and Malta and more flights on other 10 routes, which will deliver 3.8m customers p.a. and support 2,800* “on-site” jobs, as we grow by 25% at Manchester Airport, delivering 500,000 new customers next year.
Manchester is one of the fastest growing airports in the Ryanair network, and we look forward to working closely with Manchester Airport Group as we continue to grow jobs, traffic and routes in the North West. Our customers can look forward to further “Always Getting Better” improvements in the coming months, including our ground breaking personalised website, with exciting new digital features such as ‘hold the fare’ and real customer destination reviews, and improved menus, new cabin crew uniforms and new cabin interiors on board, with more to come in Year 3, as we continue to offer so much more than just lowest fares.
Ken O’Toole, Managing Director of Manchester Airport said:
“It’s great news to see such strong growth for Ryanair at Manchester, the UKs Global Gateway for the North. With new routes for the airport and further capacity increases on existing services, today’s announcement will provide passengers with more choice and value, and will contribute to further sustained growth by Manchester Airport beyond our current all-time passenger record of 22.9m passengers. With over 22m people living within our two hour catchment, two full length runways and a £1bn transformation programme announced, Manchester Airport has, and will continue to have, the available capacity and demand to meet the needs of our catchment that extends as far North as Scotland and South to the Midlands.”
To celebrate the launch of the Manchester Summer 2016 schedule, Ryanair are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across its European network at fares starting from just £19.99, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (29 Oct)
