2 NEW WINTER ROUTES TO FARO & MADRID

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (26 Apr) launched its Newcastle winter 2017 schedule, with 2 new winter routes to Faro and Madrid and 10 routes in total, which will deliver 750,000 customers p.a. and support 560* jobs at Newcastle Airport.

Ryanair’s Newcastlewinter 2017 schedule will deliver:

• 2 new winter routes to Faro (2 wkly) & Madrid (2 wkly)
• More winter flights to Tenerife (3 wkly)
• 10 routes in total
• 36 weekly flights
• 750,000 customers p.a.
• 560 “on-site” jobs p.a.

Ryanair will continue to connect Newcastle with major business and leisure centres on high frequency, low fare services including Dublin (2 daily), Madrid (2 wkly) and Malaga (4 wkly), all on the lowest fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for UK business and leisure customers.

Ryanair’s Newcastle summer 2017 schedule is attracting record bookings, with more frequencies to sun destinations for summer family holidays, including its new routes to Barcelona Girona (2 wkly) and Palma de Mallorca (daily), on lower fares as Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better customer experience, as it continues to roll out its “Always Getting Better” improvements.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“We are pleased to launch our 2017 Newcastle winter 2017 schedule, with 2 new winter routes to Faro and Madrid, more flights to Tenerife and 10 routes in total, which will deliver 750,000 customers p.a. and support 560 jobs at Newcastle Airport. These new routes are now on sale on the Ryanair.com website as we continue to grow our Newcastle traffic, tourism and jobs.

We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Newcastle summer 2017 schedule and UK customers and visitors can look forward to even lower fares, so there’s never been a better time to book a low fare flight with Ryanair. We urge all customers who wish to book their holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website or mobile app, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and from Newcastle.  

To celebrate the launch of our Newcastle winter 2017 schedule, we are releasing seats from Newcastle from £9.99 for travel in May which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (27 Apr). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

John Irving, Business Development Director at Newcastle International Airport, said:

“It’s great to see Ryanair continue to expand their operation out of Newcastle. We are delighted that both Madrid and Faro will now carry on through our winter 2017 schedule, meaning even more destinations are now available year-round for the north-east travelling public. With 10 winter routes now available, this is further evidence of Ryanair’s clear commitment to the region.”