Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (08 Jan) celebrated carrying 15 million passengers to/from Bratislava with the launch of its brand-new summer schedule, offering 21 exciting routes to the likes of Corfu, Edinburgh, Kaunas and Lanzarote and increased frequencies on another 3 popular routes incl. Dublin, Eindhoven, and London. This new schedule will see Ryanair base 2 aircraft ($200M investment) at Bratislava Airport and support over 600 jobs incl. 60 high-paid pilots, cabin crew and engineer jobs.

Ryanair’s Bratislava Summer ‘24 schedule will deliver:

• 21 routes incl. Corfu, Edinburgh, Kaunas, & Lanzarote
• 2 based aircraft ($200M investment)
• Over 130 flights per week
• 0.6M passengers to/from Bratislava p.a.
• Over 600 jobs incl. 60 high-paid pilots, cabin crew and engineer jobs

Ryanair will operate over 130 weekly flights to/from Bratislava in Summer ‘24 giving Bratislava’s citizens/visitors the widest choice at the lowest fares in Europe when booking their Summer ‘24 getaways and growing both inbound tourism and jobs at the same time. This unrivalled growth is underpinned by Ryanair’s commitment to Bratislava Airport where it has 2 aircraft based ($200M investment) and supports over 600 jobs.

Bratislava’s citizens/visitors can now book a well-deserved Summer getaway at Ryanair’s low fares from just €33.99 one-way for travel until October ‘24, only available on Ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Head of Comms for CEE Alicja Golebiowska, said:

“As Europe’s biggest airline, Ryanair is delighted to celebrate carrying 15 million passengers through Bratislava after almost 20 years of operations at Bratislava Airport with the launch of our Summer ’24 schedule, providing 21 routes to the likes of Corfu, Edinburgh, Kaunas and Lanzarote offering Bratislava’s customers/visitors even more choices at the lowest fares for Summer ’24. This new schedule is underpinned by Ryanair’s commitment to Bratislava by basing 2 aircraft ($200M investment) and supporting over 600 jobs, incl. 60 high-paid pilots, cabin crew and engineer jobs.

While Ryanair hopes to continue making these investments at Bratislava Airport to boost connectivity, tourism, and jobs for the city of Bratislava and the wider Bratislava region, this can only be achieved on the basis of competitive airport charges – which it is incumbent on airports to deliver to ensure they remain competitive within Europe which is still working to return to pre-Covid capacity levels.

To allow our customers and visitors to/from Bratislava to book their Summer getaway at the lowest fares, we are launching a special promo with seats available from just €33.99 for travel between Apr and Oct ’24 at www.Ryanair.com.”

Brastislava Aiport’s Chairman of the Board and CEO, Ing. Dušan Novota, said:

“For us, such an anniversary number of Ryanair passengers in Bratislava means crossing a symbolic threshold. It is a confirmation that this airline has been a stable and reliable partner for us since 2005. Ryanair offers the Slovaks dozens of interesting destinations within Europe from our airport throughout the year. I firmly believe that our cooperation will continue to develop in the future.”