RECORD S25 SCHEDULE FOLLOWS SLOVAK GOVERNMENT’S REFORM OF ATC FEES  

Ryanair, Europe, and Slovakia’s No.1 airline today (21^st Jan) announced a record-breaking Summer 2025 schedule for Bratislava growing capacity by 25%, launching 5 exciting new routes (Bari, Gdansk, Milan Malpensa, Skiathos and Zadar), and an additional third based aircraft – representing an incremental US$100m investment.

Ryanair’s record Bratislava Summer 2025 schedule will deliver:

• 1 additional based aircraft from October ’25 (3 total – US$300m total investment)
• 24 routes in total, incl. 5 new routes – Bari, Gdansk, Milan Malpensa, Skiathos and Zadar
• Over 1.1m passengers p.a. (+25% growth)
• Supporting over 1,000 local jobs, incl. 90 direct highly paid aviation professional jobs

The key to air traffic recovery and growth is lower access costs. This exciting investment from Ryanair in Bratislava for next Summer, is the direct result of the work done by Bratislava Airport and the Slovak Government to reduce access costs by driving efficiencies in airport charges and ATC fees. Thanks to these reduced access costs, Ryanair (and other airlines) will be able to deliver improved year-round connectivity at Bratislava Airport, supporting inbound tourism and jobs, whilst also offering local citizens more travel options at Europe’s lowest fares.

To celebrate this record Summer 2025 schedule and investment in Bratislava, Ryanair has launched a three-day seat sale with fares starting from just €35.99, available to book now at ryanair.com.

Speaking from Bratislava, Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer, Jason McGuinness said:

“Ryanair, Europe, and Slovakia’s No.1 airline, in cooperation with Minister Keketi, Minister Ráž, and Bratislava Airport, is delighted to unveil this substantial investment in Bratislava, which includes an additional based aircraft (an incremental US$100m investment), 5 new routes, increased frequencies across 8 existing routes, more than 200k extra seats, and 30 direct new jobs. The Slovak Government and Bratislava Airport recognise the importance of delivering cost efficiencies to stimulate investment, capacity growth and access to low fares in what is a very competitive marketplace post-Covid. It is thanks to their efforts that Ryanair is able to announce this incremental US$100m investment for Bratislava today.

Slovakia joins the growing list of countries and regions which are reducing taxes and fees, such as Hungary and Sweden, in addition to the Calabria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Abruzzo regions in Italy. Lower access costs are the only way to unlock immediate capacity growth. We are confident that the Slovak Government and Airport will continue its pro-growth agenda which will deliver even more jobs, additional inbound tourism, and wider access to low fares for Slovakia’s citizens.”

Dušan Novota, CEO of Bratislava Airport said:

“After intensive negotiations with the largest European carrier, Ryanair, we managed to agree on expanding the network of routes from Bratislava. Passengers will now have the option to fly to the main airport in Milan, the beautiful city of Gdansk in Poland, Bari in the Italian region of Apulia, Skiathos in Greece, and we are happy that Slovak holidaymakers will now have a direct air connection to Croatia. Ryanair is our long-term and stable partner, and we are doing our best to bring new connections from Bratislava to Slovak customers. After 10 years since Ryanair opened its base in Bratislava in 2015, we have managed to expand the Ryanair base in Slovakia by a third aircraft, bringing even more connections for locals,” said the director.