3 BASED AIRCRAFT ($300M INVEST.) & 14 ROUTES INCLUDING

NEW WINTER SUN ROUTE TO PORTO

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (12^th Oct) announced its Winter 23/24 schedule for Leeds Bradford with 14 routes, including its new Porto route, as well as increased frequencies on another 4 routes, including Alicante, Dublin, Malaga and Tenerife.

To support its Winter 23/24 schedule, Ryanair will base 3 aircraft at Leeds Bradford Airport, representing a $300m investment and supporting over 1,100 local jobs.

Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford Winter 23/24 schedule will deliver:

• 3 based aircraft (incl 1 Gamechanger)
• $300m investment
• 14 routes, incl. 1 new route to Porto
• Supporting over 1,100 local jobs, incl. 90 highly paid aviation jobs
• Leeds Bradford traffic to grow to 1.4m passengers p.a.

Ryanair is the UK’s No.1 airline, operating over 440 routes and carrying over 52m passengers p.a. to/from the UK on its fleet of 107 UK-based aircraft ($10.7bn investment), providing British citizens/visitors with unbeatable route choice at the lowest fares while driving year-round connectivity and inbound tourism which supports over 37,000 UK jobs.

While Ryanair continues to invest and grow in Britain, UK NATS ATC remains the biggest risk to passengers’ travel plans. Ryanair pays NATS almost €100m p.a. for an ATC service that is repeatedly short-staffed and, on 28^th Aug, collapsed altogether, causing the cancellation of over 2,000 flights (over 360,000 passengers) and long delays to more than 5,000 flights (900,000 passengers) without plausible explanation. NATS followed this latest shambles with more flight disruptions at Gatwick due to staff shortages. Ryanair calls again on Transport Minister, Mark Harper, to immediately instruct NATS (where the UK Govt owns a majority) to reimburse all its airline customers for the costs they suffered due to NATS incompetence on 28 Aug last and urgently reform UK ATC to ensure that such avoidable system collapses do not recur.

To celebrate Ryanair’s Winter schedule at Leeds Bradford Airport and its new Porto route, the airline has launched a limited-time seat sale with fares from just £19.99, which must be booked by 14^th Oct 2023, available only at www.ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Director of Digital & Marketing, Dara Brady, said:

“Ryanair is pleased to announce our Winter 23/24 schedule at Leeds Bradford Airport, with 14 routes including a new winter sun route to Porto, as well as increased frequencies on another 4 winter sun and city break routes, offering Ryanair customers in the wider Yorkshire and  Humber region unbeatable choice at the lowest fares. This schedule will operate on Ryanair’s 3 based aircraft at Leeds Bradford Airport, representing a €300m investment and supporting over 1,100 local jobs. This includes, for the first winter at Leeds Bradford, the quieter, lower-emission “Gamechanger” aircraft.

Ryanair is the UK’s No.1 airline, and while we continue to grow and provide unbeatable route choice and low fares to our 52m p.a. UK customers, NATS are busy writing “whitewash” reports to cover up their inexplicable incompetence, which led to the cancellation of over 2,000 flights (over 360,000 passengers) and long delays to more than 5,000 flights (900,000 passengers) on Mon 28/Tues 29 Aug last.

Ryanair calls on Transport Minister, Mark Harper, and the UK Govt to urgently reform ATC and guarantee UK passengers that they will not suffer any more disruptions as a result of repeated NATS failures, mismanagement & incompetence.”

     

Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (Fri 6 Oct) criticised the RTE Prime Time report on the noise issues at Dublin Airport on Tues 3 Oct last.

This programme, which featured interviews with a number of residents in North County Dublin, was largely based on false claims about flight paths and unverified hearsay claims made by a tiny number of residents in Ashbourne, Portmarnock, and Saint Margaret’s.

The FACTS about noise at Dublin Airport (which were conveniently ignored by RTE Prime Time) are as follows;

1. Since the 2^nd runway opened in Aug 2022, there has been no increase in night-time noise, because no aircraft are allowed to take off from the 2^nd runway between 11pm and 7am in the morning.
2. The vast majority of (Ryanair) aircraft operating to/from Dublin Airport are now up to 50% quieter than they were 16 years ago when the planning permission for the 2^nd runway was first approved.
3. The claims about the Kilcoskan National School do not stand up to scrutiny when students only attend this school between the hours of 09:00am and 15:00pm, and so this school is entirely unaffected by night-time noise.
4. Almost all of the claims made by local residents come from persons who purchased or built their houses in the last 30 years, well aware of the fact that Dublin Airport has been located at Collinstown since 1939, over 84 years ago.
5. Of the 26,000 noise complaints submitted to DAA in 2022, over 23,400 or 90% were made by just 1 person.

Ryanair today released a video confirming that there is a very marginal increase of ambient decibel noise levels when aircraft take off over St Margaret’s, Ballyboughal, and/or Ashbourne. In all cases, these decibel levels are far less than normal noise levels in Dublin City Centre. These measurements were taken outside, and therefore people living or sleeping in houses around Dublin Airport do not suffer excessive (or sleep affecting) noise, a fact that was falsely reported by RTE Prime Time.

Ryanair’s Eddie Wilson said:

“It comes as no surprise that RTE Prime Time cannot accurately report on the airport noise issue at Dublin Airport.

RTE’s Prime Time broadcast referred to night-time noise without explaining that there are very few aircraft movements between 11pm and 7am in the morning and almost all of these are operated by new “quieter” aircraft.

Secondly, they failed to take any decibel noise readings inside the homes or bedrooms of the 2 residents who complained about aircraft noise and/or night-time noise affecting their sleep.

Thirdly, RTE wrongly reported that Dublin Airport flight paths were not the ones that were originally approved by Finglas County Council, despite Dublin Airport correcting this factual error on camera.

 Fourthly, the 3 complaining residents identified on the programme appear to have moved into their properties in the last decade, well aware that they were in the immediate environment of Dublin Airport, which continues to take stringent steps to reduce noise, not least of which has been multi-billion-dollar investments by Dublin’s main airlines, Ryanair and Aer Lingus, in quieter aircraft and IAA approved noise ameliorating flight paths.

It is notable that over 90% of the noise complaints submitted to DAA came from just 1 person. Some modest level of noise is inevitable for residents living in and around Dublin Airport. These residents benefit from the increasing value of properties around Dublin Airport. At a time when airlines are investing heavily in noise reducing aircraft, Ryanair calls on RTE Prime Time to “shsssh” unless they want to report the facts about reducing aircraft noise at Dublin Airport.”

2 BASED AIRCRAFT ($200M INVEST.) & 16 ROUTES INCLUDING NEW WINTER SUN DESTINATIONS – LANZAROTE, PORTO & TURIN

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (5^th Oct) announced its Winter 23/24 schedule for Belfast with 16 routes, including 3 new winter sun routes to Lanzarote, Porto and Turin. Ryanair will operate 11 more routes to/from Belfast vs. pre-Covid, offering Belfast customers/visitors even more choice at the lowest fares when booking their Winter breaks.

To support its record schedule, Ryanair will base 2 aircraft based in Belfast, representing a $200m investment and supporting over 980 local jobs.

Ryanair’s Belfast Winter 23/24 schedule will deliver:

• 2 based aircraft
• $200m investment in Belfast
• 16 routes incl. 3 new routes: Lanzarote, Porto & Turin
• Supporting over 980 local jobs, incl. 60 highly paid aviation jobs
• Belfast traffic to grow to 1.2m passengers p.a.

Since re-opening its Belfast base last March, Ryanair has enjoyed a successful Summer in Belfast and, with its strong winter schedule, will carry over 1.2m passengers to/from Belfast by year-end, driving invaluable year-round tourism, particularly in the off-peak Winter season.

To celebrate Ryanair’s biggest-ever Winter schedule with 3 new routes, the airline has launched a limited-time seat sale with fares available from just £19.99, which must be booked by 6^th Oct 2023, available only at www.ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Director of Digital & Marketing, Dara Brady, said:

“It is great to be in Belfast announcing our largest-ever Winter schedule as we continue to grow in the region. With 16 routes on offer (11 more than pre-Covid), customers can avail of a wide range of Winter sun or exciting city breaks at Ryanair’s infamously low fares. Our Belfast Winter 23/24 schedule includes our largest-ever connections to the UK, which is a direct result of the UK Govt.’s reduction in APD (Airport Passengers Duty), which is critical in driving and maintaining UK connectivity. Any increase in domestic APD charges would be counter-productive, and plans for this increase from Apr ‘24 should be scrapped as they will only damage connectivity.

Our 3 new routes from Belfast to Lanzarote, Porto, and Turin will offer Belfast customers even more Winter Sun and city break opportunities and our 2 based aircraft at Belfast provide 60 high-paid jobs and support another 980 jobs in the locality. We are delighted to be able to offer Belfast’s customers/visitors more choice for Winter getaways which shows our commitment to Belfast.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (3 Oct) welcomed yesterday’s ruling of the Commercial Court of Madrid, which rejected Kiwi’s injunction application seeking to remove Ryanair’s enhanced-security check-in procedures for passengers whose bookings are made by Online Travel Agents (OTAs).

Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:

“We welcome this Court ruling which ensures that passengers who have booked via OTAs can continue to use our enhanced-security check-in procedures to check-in personally with Ryanair and are notified of important safety, security and public health protocols, and to correct passenger contact details. Ryanair does not have a commercial relationship with Kiwi and we strongly object to Kiwi selling our flights. We encourage our customers to look out for the Ryanair Verified Seal, a branded tick which guarantees you are booking via an official Ryanair channel, and to book directly with us through our website (www.ryanair.com) or mobile app to get the best Ryanair service and the lowest fares.”

    Ryanair Holdings plc today (Tues, 3 Oct) released Sept 2023 traffic stats as follows:

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (02 Oct) announced that it has added extra flights to/from Paris for Irish fans travelling to the Rugby World Cup this month. Ryanair has added 8 additional flights to/from the French capital providing over 1,500 extra seats for the highly anticipated Ireland v Scotland match on 7^th Oct and for the Quarter Finals on 14^th Oct.

These Rugby World Cup extras are available to book now at ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Jade Kirwan, said:

“We’ve had record bookings from rugby fans travelling from across Europe for what has already been a spectacular Rugby World Cup. To celebrate Ireland’s success, we are excited to announce that we are adding even more flights between Dublin and Paris for the Scotland game on 7^th Oct, and the Quarter Finals on 14^th Oct. These additional flights are available to book now at ryanair.com.”

ATHENS & THESSALONIKI RECRUITMENT EVENTS

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, has today (2 Oct) announced a major recruitment drive for 50 cabin crew to join its Athens and Thessaloniki bases as customers continue to flock to Ryanair’s low fares and great service.

To help find the perfect candidates for these exciting cabin crew roles, Ryanair is holding two recruitment days in Athens and Thessaloniki as follows.

Attendees will learn about life as cabin crew at Europe’s No.1 airline group and what the role can offer them, including Ryanair’s industry leading 5 days on / 3 days off roster, excellent remuneration package, fast track career opportunities and discounted travel benefits giving crew the opportunity to travel across Ryanair’s industry leading network of 235+ routes.

For more information, visit careers.ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Chief People Officer, Darrell Hughes, said:

“We are delighted to announce a major recruitment drive for 50 cabin crew in Greece and we invite those interested in applying to come along to our recruitment events taking place in Athens on 3^rd Oct and Thessaloniki on 5^th Oct, to meet the team and learn more about these exciting roles.

As Europe’s no. 1 airline, these Ryanair Group cabin crew opportunities offer candidates the chance to secure the best cabin crew jobs in aviation, where hard work is rewarded with fast-track promotions. Our cabin crew enjoy industry-leading “5 days on, 3 days off” rosters – equivalent to a bank holiday every week – fantastic remuneration packages, outstanding career development opportunities and world class training.

We look forward to welcoming new cabin crew on board in the lead up to Winter ’23 and Summer ‘24 as Ryanair continues to grow to carry 300 million passengers by 2034.”