3 NEW WINTER ROUTES TO COPENHAGEN, MILAN & PRAGUE

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (28 Feb) launched its 2017 Liverpool winter schedule, with 2 new routes to Copenhagen and Milan, a new winter service to Prague and 24 routes in total, which will help deliver 2m customers p.a. and support 1,500* jobs at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, as Ryanair grows its Liverpool traffic by 11%.

Ryanair’s Liverpool winter 2017 schedule will deliver:

• 2 new routes to Copenhagen (4 wkly) & Milan Malpensa (3 wkly)
• 1 new winter service to Prague (4 wkly)
• 24 routes in total
• Over 90 weekly flights
• 2m customer’s p.a.
• 1,500* “on-site” jobs p.a.

Ryanair will continue to connect Liverpool with major European cities on high frequency, low fare services including Barcelona (4 wkly), Milan (3 wkly) and Dublin (4 daily), as well as offering a wide range of winter sun routes, on the lowest fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers.

Ryanair’s Liverpool summer 2017 schedule is attracting record bookings, with more frequencies to sun destinations for summer family holidays, including 3 new routes to Bari (2 wkly), Girona (2 wkly) and Prague (4 wkly) which commence in March, and an even better customer experience, as Ryanair continues to roll out its “Always Getting Better” improvements.

In Liverpool, Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“We are pleased to launch our Liverpool winter 2017 schedule, which includes 2 brand new routes to Copenhagen and Milan, the continuation of our new Prague route into winter, and 24 routes in total, which will deliver 2m annualcustomers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. These new routes will go on sale on the Ryanair.com website later this week as we continue to grow our Liverpool traffic, tourism and jobs, underlining our commitment to LJLA and the Liverpool region.

We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Liverpool summer 2017 schedule and customers can look forward to even lower fares so there’s never been a better time to book a low fare flight on 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 Liverpool. To celebrate the launch of our Liverpool winter 2017 schedule we are releasing seats for sale across our European network from just £9.99, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (2 Mar). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

LJLA’s Director of Air Service Development, Paul Winfield said:

“Today’s news means that since September last year, Ryanair have now announced seven new destinations from Liverpool including three capital cities. Further growth next winter and the current success of their forthcoming summer programme, should make 2017 one of Ryanair’s busiest from Liverpool in recent years.”