44 ROUTES, 11 AIRCRAFT ($1BN+ INV) & TRAFFIC GROWTH TO 6M P.A.

Ryanair, Europe and Italy’s No.1 airline, today (Thurs, 27^th Nov) announced its Winter 2025 schedule for Bologna. This year’s Winter schedule will deliver 6 million passengers p.a., 44 routes, including one exciting reinstated route to Amman and 11 based aircraft ($1bn+ investment), supporting over 4,800 local jobs, while driving year-round inbound tourism in Bologna.

Ryanair has also added extra flights on more than 20 popular existing routes, including Barcelona, Budapest, Dublin, Krakow, and Tirana, offering customers across Bologna and the Emilia-Romagna region even more choice at Europe’s lowest fares, further establishing the airport as a key gateway for leisure and business travel in Northern Italy.

Ryanair’s Bologna W25 schedule will deliver:

• 44 total routes
• 1 reinstated route to Amman
• Increased freq. on 20+ existing routes incl. Barcelona, Budapest, Dublin, Krakow, and Tirana
• 11 based aircraft – over $1bn invest.
• 6M pax p.a.
• Supp. over 4,800 jobs

Ryanair has been flying to and from Bologna for 17 years, carrying over 55 million passengers to date, and remains committed to investing in and growing traffic across the Emilia-Romagna region and Italy. To boost Italian tourism, Ryanair is urging the Italian Government and regional authorities to abolish the Municipal Tax at all Italian airports. Ryanair is ready to respond immediately if this happens with a major investment that would deliver 20 million additional passengers, 40 new based aircraft ($4 billion investment), 250 new routes and 1,500 new Ryanair jobs—supporting up to 15,000 jobs across the country.

To celebrate the Winter 2025 schedule and the reinstated route from Bologna to Amman, Ryanair has launched a 3-day seat sale with fares from just €34.99 to travel until the end of June, available from today for booking only at ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer, Jason McGuinness, said:

“As Italy’s No.1 airline, Ryanair is delighted to announce its Winter 2025 schedule for Bologna, featuring 44 routes, including an exciting reinstated connection to Amman and over 520 weekly flights, offering over 2.2 million low fares seats this Winter (+10% vs W24). This schedule reflects Ryanair’s ongoing commitment to the Emilia-Romagna region, boosting inbound tourism, enhancing connectivity, and offering customers across Bologna and the region even more choice at Europe’s lowest fares.

We’ve operated to and from Bologna for 17 years, carrying over 55 million passengers to date and have invested over $1 billion with 11 Bologna-based aircraft, supporting more than 4,800 local jobs. Ryanair is ready to invest even more: if the Italian Government abolishes the Municipal Tax at all Italian airports, we will respond immediately with 40 new aircraft, 250 additional routes, 20 million more passengers and 1,500 new Ryanair jobs—supporting up to 15,000 jobs across Italy.”

Antonello Bonolis, Director of Business Aviation at Bologna Airport, said:

“The collaboration between Bologna Airport and Ryanair continues to develop positively. Launched in 2008, the partnership with the Dublin-based carrier has contributed to the growth of our city and region as well-known and appreciated tourist destinations at an international level. Moreover, Ryanair’s flight offer has supported outgoing travel for people and businesses in our region, thanks to a very extensive and diversified network of routes. Today, Ryanair is the leading airline at Bologna Airport, accounting for around 55% of the airport’s total passengers. More generally, it should be remembered that the overall contribution of Bologna Airport to the community and the economy translates into benefits in terms of employment, added value, and GDP, generating a direct, indirect, and induced impact of over 1 billion euros in GDP and more than 20,000 jobs in the area.”