The FINANCIAL — Ryanair on October 28 launched its Manchester Summer 2016 schedule with an additional based aircraft, 6 new routes to Bratislava, Bremen, Brindisi, Carcassonne, Limoges and Malta and more flights on other 10 routes, which will deliver 500,000 new customers (3.8m in total) and support 2,800 “on-site” jobs, as Ryanair grows by 25% at Manchester Airport.
Ryanair’s Manchester summer 2016 schedule will deliver:
8 based aircraft (1 additional)
6 new routes: Bratislava (3 weekly), Bremen (2 weekly), Brindisi (2 weekly), Carcassonne (3 weekly), Limoges (4 weekly) and Malta (3 weekly)
More flights on 10 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)
41 routes in total
250 weekly flights (25% growth)
3.8m customers p.a. (+500,000)
2,800* “on-site” jobs p.a.
UK consumers and visitors can choose from Ryanair’s 41 low fare Manchester routes next summer and can look forward to further improvements, as Ryanair continues its “Always Getting Better” programme, which includes new bases, a new personalised website, new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.
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.
To celebrate the launch of our Manchester Summer 2016 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network at fares starting from just £19.99, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (29 Oct). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
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.”
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