Ryanair Celebrates The Opening Of Its 16^th Italian Base In Turin With Two Based Aircraft, A $200m Investment And 18 New Routes For Winter 2021/22

A Significant Milestone For Ryanair Opening First Base In Piedmont Region

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (16^th June) opened its 16^th Italian base at Turin with two based aircraft – an investment of $200m – and 32 routes connecting Turin, both domestically & internationally, to 13 countries across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Ryanair’s new Turin base will deliver:

• Two based aircraft ($200m investment), 60 direct jobs
• 18 new routes (16 international / two domestic) for the winter season*
• 32 routes in total (23 international / nine domestic)
• Connections to winter holiday destinations such as Lanzarote, Malta, Mallorca and Marrakech, city breaks to Copenhagen, Budapest, London and Paris as well as domestic connections to Palermo, Naples and Bari.
• Over 123 departing flights per week.

With 32 routes to choose from, passengers can book a much-deserved winter getaway, flying on the lowest fares and with the option to avail of Ryanair’s zero change fee should plans change. To celebrate the opening of its new Turin base, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from just €19,99 for travel until March 2022, which must be booked by midnight Friday, 18^th June, only on the Ryanair.com website.

 

Ryanair’s CEO, Eddie Wilson said:

“We are delighted to open our 16^th Italian base which represents a $200 million investment at Turin Airport, with over 30 destinations to choose from this winter, including 18 new connections. We have enjoyed a great partnership with this airport since our first ever flight from London Stansted to Turin in 1999 and we are very pleased to continue growing in the region after 22 successful years.

As vaccination rollout programmes continue throughout the coming months, we want to continue supporting the economic recovery as well as regional & international connectivity across the country and position Turin as a leading winter destination – both as a charming city break and a gateway to some of the best Italian ski resorts.

To celebrate, we are launching an unmissable seat sale, with prices starting at €19,99 for travel until March 2022 available until midnight Friday, 18^th June. We are mindful that Covid restrictions change regularly, so customers can now book flights knowing that if they need to postpone or change their travel dates, they can do so up to two times with a zero-change fee until the end of December 2021. A much-deserved getaway is only a click away so to avoid disappointment, we advise customers to act fast and book directly on www.ryanair.com before these amazing low fares are snapped up!

 

Turin airport’s CEO, Andrea Andorno said:

“After difficult months, today is a very special day for Turin airport and the whole of Piedmont. It is a great satisfaction to announce the opening of the Ryanair base from November 1, 2021, a fundamental step in our collaboration with the Irish company, which historically has always been profitable for both the airport and the territory.

With these first two based aircraft, the airport will be able to immediately and significantly expand its offer of connections, thus creating the network from/to Turin with the highest number of destinations ever served.

This is a strategic opportunity that was strongly desired in order to overcome the contingent crisis linked to the pandemic as soon as possible and look towards an increasingly international future for Turin and Piedmont.

This is why we expect the people of Piedmont to rediscover the beauty of travelling through Turin Airport, taking advantage of the numerous direct flights to European capitals and many other new destinations such as Lanzarote, Tel Aviv and Seville. At the same time, we hope that the entire region will be able to concentrate resources and actions to increase the attractiveness of the city’s and the entire region’s tourist assets“.

 

*TURIN WINTER 2021/22 NEW ROUTES

NEW ROUTES	DEPARTING FLIGHTS PER WEEK
Budapest	2
Copenhagen	2
Edinburgh	1
Krakow	2
Kyiv	2
Lanzarote	2
Luton	1
Lviv**	2
Madrid	2
Malaga	2
Marrakech	2
Palma**	2
Paris-Beauvais	3
Pescara**	2
Seville	2
Shannon	1
Tel Aviv	2
Trapani	3

**Service starts in Summer 2021

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Wed 16^th June) criticized Boris Johnson’s mismanagement of the Covid pandemic, and the reopening of the UK economy following the UK’s successful vaccine rollout programme – especially when these vaccines are effective against the Delta variant.

In the last month, the UK Government promised a Travel Green List (with Portugal on it), however, within 2 weeks Portugal was removed without any material change in Covid case numbers in Portugal, and Malta which has higher vaccine rates and lower case numbers than the UK, still hasn’t been moved to the Green List. The UK Government’s Green List is a Red List shambles. The UK travel policy is a confusing “go-stop-go-stop” system, which is doing untold damage to the UK’s inbound tourism industry.

This week’s further restrictions, which delays the final lifting of lockdown for a further month to 19^th July, is again not supported by the epidemiological position in the UK. Case numbers are rising but from a much lower base, the Indian variant is not resistant to vaccines, and all of the UK’s vulnerable groups (the elderly, NHS/nursing home employees/residents and people with health conditions) have all now been vaccinated. This greatly reduces the risk of serious illness, hospitalisation, and morbidity due to Covid, yet the UK Government continue to implement travel restrictions as if the vaccine programme had not taken place.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said:

“The UK’s Covid travel policy is a shambles. The Green List is non-existent because countries such as Malta and Portugal, with lower Covid case numbers than the UK and rapidly rising vaccination rates, remain on Amber. Meanwhile, UK citizens almost 80% of whom will be vaccinated by the end of June, continue to face Covid restrictions on travel to and from the European Union, despite the fact that the majority of the European Union citizens will also be vaccinated by the end of June.

UK tourism and aviation needs a pragmatic travel policy, which permits vaccinated UK and EU citizens to travel between the UK and the EU without the need for quarantine or negative PCR tests. This will at least allow the UK tourism industry to plan for what is left of the summer season and get hundreds of thousands of people back to work. It is time for Boris Johnson to end his gross mismanagement of Covid and the recovery from Covid, and take advantage of the UK’s successful vaccine programme to allow the restoration of free movement of vaccinated UK citizens and their families to and from the EU, where Covid case rates are lower than the UK and vaccination rates are rising rapidly”.

Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, has today (10^th June) welcomed EU Commission confirmation that Ireland has moved to a “ready” state for the implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate, allowing Irish citizens who have been vaccinated to travel freely this summer.

This week, the EU Commission confirmed that Ireland had moved from an “in-test” state to “ready” to implement the EU Digital Covid Cert system but Ireland is still lagging behind Germany, Spain, Poland, Croatia and many more countries across the EU who have already started to issue vaccinated citizens with  EU Digital Covid Certs, which facilitate the resumption of intra-EU summer travel. Irish Citizens who have been vaccinated must be given a firm date for when they can access their EU Digital Covid Certs before the go live date of 1^st July.

As a small island on the periphery of Europe, it is crucial that Ireland restores connectivity and opens for travel to/from the EU. The Irish economy heavily relies on tourism and it is also of critical importance that incoming families and tourists from locations such as Spain, Germany and Poland can travel to Ireland this summer, safe in the knowledge that their EU Digital Covid Certs will be accepted upon arrival.

Ryanair calls on Transport Minister Eamon Ryan to announce what date vaccinated Irish citizens can access the EU Digital Covid Cert system which allows them to travel freely to/from the EU this summer.

A Ryanair spokesperson said:

“The successful issue of the new EU Digital Covid Certificates will give a much needed boost to the tourism industry. Eleven EU countries are already issuing EU Digital Covid Certs which will allow their citizens travel freely this summer. Ireland is as usual lagging behind, so it’s urgent that Transport Minister Eamon Ryan confirms a date before 1^st July when vaccinated Irish citizens can access their Digital Covid Cert for travel this summer.”

La aerolínea conectará Fuerteventura y Tenerife con la capital italiana y aumentará las frecuencias entre Barcelona y Roma Fiumicino como parte de su programación de verano 2021

Madrid, 8 de junio de 2021. Ryanair, la primera aerolínea en Europa, ha anunciado dos nuevas rutas que conectarán Fuerteventura y Tenerife con Roma (Fuimicino). A estas nuevas conexiones se suma la ampliación de frecuencias en los vuelos desde Barcelona a Roma, si actualmente se operan 9 vuelos semanales, Ryanair añadirá 5 vuelos más por semana, operando así un total de 14 vuelos semanales. Las dos nuevas rutas junto con la ampliación de frecuencias se pondrán en marcha en agosto, como parte de la programación de verano 2021 de Ryanair en España.

Los clientes de Ryanair ya pueden reservar una escapada de verano, volando con las tarifas más bajas y acogiéndose a la tarifa cero de Ryanair, por cancelación de reserva en caso de que sus planes cambien.

Para celebrar estas nuevas rutas, Ryanair ha lanzado una oferta de asientos con vuelos a partir de 19,99€ para viajar hasta finales de octubre de 2021. Esta promoción estará disponible hasta la medianoche del jueves, 10 de junio, en la página web Ryanair.com.

Susana Brito, Sales & Marketing Manager para España y Portugal de Ryanair, ha declarado: “A medida que las campañas de vacunación avanzan y con la temporada de verano a la vuelta de la esquina, estamos encantados de anunciar esta ampliación de frecuencias y añadir nuevas rutas que conectarán Fuerteventura y Tenerife con Roma (Fuimicino) a partir de agosto, como parte del calendario de verano 2021 de Ryanair en España.

Conscientes de que las restricciones a raíz del Covid-19 varían constantemente, Ryanair permite hasta dos cambios de fecha de vuelo gratuitos. Esto permitirá mayor flexibilidad y tranquilidad a nuestros clientes, quienes pueden reservar sus vuelos para disfrutar de un merecido descanso, con la tranquilidad de poder posponer o cambiar sus fechas de viaje, en caso de que sea necesario, con una tasa de 0 euros hasta finales de octubre de 2021”.  

Ryanair today (9 June) welcomed the EU General Court’s annulment of the European Commission’s approval of State aid by Germany to Condor.  In April 2020, the German government granted a €550m loan to Condor, which had already benefited from a €380m rescue loan from Germany in 2019 following the bankruptcy of its parent company, Thomas Cook.

While the Covid-19 crisis has caused damage to all airlines that contribute to the economy and the connectivity of Germany, the German government decided to support only its inefficient “national” airlines, including Condor.  Ryanair referred the European Commission’s approval of this €550m illegal subsidy to Condor to the EU General Court in 2020.

A Ryanair spokesperson said:

“The German government aid to Condor – both in 2019 and 2020 – went against the fundamental principles of EU law and has distorted the market to the detriment of consumers. Today’s ruling is an important victory for consumers and competition.

During the Covid-19 pandemic over €30bn in discriminatory State subsidies has been gifted to EU flag carriers.  Unless halted by the EU Courts in line with today’s ruling, the effects of market distortion caused by this State aid will be felt for decades.  If Europe is to emerge from this crisis with a functioning single market, the European Commission must stand up to national governments and stop rubberstamping discriminatory State aid to inefficient national airlines.”

 

 

 

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The EU Commission’s spineless approach to State aid since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis has allowed Member States to write open-ended cheques to their inefficient zombie flag carriers in the name of faded national prestige. The EU Commission has hastily approved over €30bn of discriminatory State aid since the crisis began. Discriminatory State subsidies given by EU Member States or planned to be given are set out here:

Air France-KLM                €14.4bn Lufthansa Group               €11bn Alitalia                                €3.5bn SAS                                      €1.3bn TAP                                     €1.6bn Finnair                                €1.2bn Norwegian                          €0.8bn LOT                                     €0.65bn Condor                                €0.6bn Air Europa €0.5bn

 

Three More Aircraft, 21 Routes (6 New) & Over 65 Extra Weekly Flights

Ryanair, Italy’s No.1 airline, today (08 June) announced the addition of three based aircraft, six new routes and over 65 flights every week from Rome Fiumicino to a host of domestic and international destinations. This represents a further investment of $300m, which will deliver increased connectivity to the region, playing a key role in the recovery of jobs and the local economy.

Ryanair remains committed to delivering connectivity to Rome and expects its Summer ’21 schedule, including 78 routes from both Rome airports in total and over 470 departing flights per week, will help boost air traffic in the city and  the region, contributing to the recovery of the tourism industry as vaccination programmes continue and Europe re-opens in time for the peak holiday season.

Ryanair’s Rome Summer ‘21 schedule will deliver (Fiumicino & Ciampino):

• Up to 14 based aircraft, including three additional based aircraft in Fiumicino from August
• 78 routes in total (six domestic / 72 international)*
• 11 new routes
• Over 470 departing flights per week across both airports
• Connections to holiday destinations such as Malta & Rhodes, city breaks to Madrid & Porto, as well as domestic connections to Cagliari & Trapani.

Ryanair’s Rome Fiumicino Extended Summer ‘21 schedule will deliver:

• Up to six based aircraft, including three additional based aircraft from August – a $300m investment
• Up to 180 direct jobs and over 2,200 indirect jobs
• 21 routes in total (four domestic / 17 international) *
• Six new routes, all commencing in August:

 

Route	Departing Flights Per Week	Route	Departing Flights Per Week
Chania	3	Santorini	4
Fuerteventura	3	Tenerife South	3
Liverpool	4	Zakynthos	4

 

• Extra flights on eight routes:

 

Route	Departing Flights Per Week	Route	Departing Flights Per Week
Barcelona	14 (+5)	Catania	49 (+7)
Bari	18 (+4)	Kyiv	7 (+2)
Brindisi	14 (+7)	Palermo	35 (+7)
Brussels	14 (+11)	Vienna	7 (+4)

 

• Connections to holiday destinations such as Malaga & Malta, city breaks to Seville & Vienna, as well as domestic connections to Brindisi & Palermo.

Italian consumers and tourists can now plan a getaway on even lower fares and with the option to avail of Ryanair’s zero change fee should plans change. To celebrate, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from just €19.99 for travel until the end of October 2021, which must be booked by midnight Thursday 10^th June on the Ryanair.com website. 

Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said:

“We are delighted to confirm our commitment to Rome and the region, with 78 routes in total from both airports –  Fiumicino and Ciampino –  including 11 new routes to an array of summer hotspots. In particular, we are pleased to announce three additional based aircraft in Rome Fiumicino, along with six new routes & over 65 extra departing flights every week this summer, doubling our presence at the airport. This expansion will deliver increased connectivity to the region and support the recovery of local jobs and businesses.

Our Italian customers have now a host of domestic and international destinations to choose from this summer, with connections to the likes of Barcelona, Catania, Palermo, Malta and many others.

Mindful that Covid restrictions change regularly, customers can now book flights for a well-deserved break knowing that if they need to postpone or change their travel dates, they can do so up to two times with a zero-change fee until the end of December 2021.

To celebrate, we are launching a seat sale with fares available from just €19.99 for travel until the end of October 2021, which must be booked by midnight Thursday 10^th June. Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (03 June) announced three new routes to  Bucharest, Malaga and Zagreb  and even more flights to Dublin as part of Ryanair’s Bulgarian Summer ’21 Schedule.

Bulgarian consumers can now book a summer getaway, flying on the lowest fares and with the option to avail of Ryanair’s zero change fee should plans change.

To celebrate, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from just €19.99 for travel until the end of October 2021, which must be booked by midnight Saturday 5^th June only on the Ryanair.com website.

Route	Weekly Flights
Sofia-Bucharest	4
Sofia-Malaga	2
Sofia-Zagreb	1
Route	Increased Flights
Sofia-Dublin	3 (+1)

Ryanair’s Olga Pawlonka said:

“As vaccination rollout programmes continue in the coming months and with the summer season just around the corner, we are delighted to announce three new routes from Sofia to Bucharest, Malaga and Zagreb and even more flights to Dublin from July as part of our Bulgarian summer’21 schedule.

 Mindful that Covid restrictions change regularly, customers can now book flights for a well-deserved break knowing that if they need to postpone or change their travel dates, they can do so up to two times with a zero-change fee until the end of December 2021.

 To celebrate, we are launching a seat sale with fares available from just €19.99 for travel until the end of October 2021, which must be booked by midnight Friday 5^th June. Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com to avoid missing out.”