Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (23 May) celebrated carrying 10 million passengers through Ireland West Airport Knock.

This Summer, Ryanair is operating its biggest ever schedule at Ireland West Airport Knock with over 120 weekly flights across 16 routes, incl. an exciting new route to Lanzarote, offering its West and North-West customers unbeatable choice at the lowest fares when booking their summer ’23 getaways and driving invaluable inbound tourism for the region at the same time.

With over almost 1 million Ryanair passengers expected to fly in/out of Knock airport this year, the airline is committed to driving recovery, growth, and tourism post-Covid.

To celebrate 10 million Ryanair passengers at Knock Airport, the airline has launched a special seat sale with one-way fares from just €29.99 available now on www.Ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Jade Kirwan said:

“We are delighted to celebrate 10 million Ryanair passengers at Knock Airport, with our 10 millionth passenger departing Knock Airport this morning on our popular Lanzarote route – just one of the 16 routes we are operating as part of our biggest ever schedule this Summer.

Ryanair has operated at Ireland West Airport Knock since 1986 and our record Summer ’23 schedule will not only provide Ryanair’s West and North-West customers with an unbeatable selection of sunny hotspots and vibrant European city break destinations this Summer but will continue to promote important rural development through the support of over 580 local jobs and delivery of even greater connectivity with Europe and its millions of holidaymakers.

To celebrate this phenomenal milestone, we have launched a special seat sale with fares from just €29.99 for travel until the end of Oct ’23 available now on Ryanair.com.”

Celebrating today’s milestone, Joe Gilmore, Managing Director, Ireland West Airport added:

“We are delighted to mark yet another significant milestone in the airport’s history welcoming Ryanair’s 10 millionth passenger to the airport. It’s been a fantastic 37 years with so many great highlights and milestones achieved along the way. During this time Ryanair has continued to grow and provide critically important international access to and from the UK market and connected the West of Ireland to sun destinations in Spain and Portugal and also delivered access to European cities such as Milan, Barcelona and Cologne which have been hugely important in growing tourism numbers to the West and Northwest of Ireland. It’s remarkable that in their 37th year of operation here at the airport that it will be their busiest on record and it is testament to the popularity of their destinations and their continued expansion at the airport that record numbers will travel on their services from the airport this year.

I’d like to thank Ryanair’s customers and in particular the Ryanair staff here at the airport, who continue to play a very important role in helping the airport and Ryanair reach passenger milestones such as this and ensure the experience using the airport continues to be both a seamless and pleasant one. We look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship with Ryanair and expanding our range of services with them over the coming years.”