FEBRUARY 10TH, 2016

Ryanair To Double Berlin Operation

Ryanair, Europe’s No 1 airline, today (10 Feb) launched its biggest ever Berlin winter 2016 schedule, with 13 new routes to Budapest, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Manchester, Rzeszow, Seville, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Timisoara, Toulouse and Vilnius, and 2 new winter services to Malta and Pisa, which will help deliver 4.7m customers p.a. and support 3,500* jobs, as Ryanair doubles its Berlin Schonefeld operation.

Ryanair’s Berlin W 2016 schedule will deliver:

· 9 based aircraft (4 extra)
· 13 new routes: Budapest (daily), Fuerteventura (2 weekly), Gran Canaria (3 weekly), Lanzarote (2 weekly),
Lisbon (daily), Manchester (daily), Rzeszow (3 weekly), Seville (3 weekly), Sofia (daily),
Thessaloniki (daily), Timisoara (2 weekly), Toulouse (4 weekly) & Vilnius (3 weekly)
· 2 new winter services: Pisa (2 weekly) & Malta (2 weekly)
· 39 routes in total
· More flights to: Glasgow, Malaga, Palma, Rome Ciampino & Venice
· 281 weekly flights
· 4.7m customers p.a.
· 3,500* “on-site” jobs p.a.

German consumers and visitors can choose from 39 Berlin routes in winter 2016 and can look forward to further improvements, as Ryanair continues its “Always Getting Better” programme, which includes more new routes, a new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.

In Berlin, Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said:

“We are pleased to launch our Berlin winter 2016 schedule, which includes 13 new routes to Budapest, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Manchester, Rzeszow, Seville, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Timisoara, Toulouse and Vilnius, and 2 new winter services to Malta and Pisa, which will help deliver 4.7m customers p.a. and support over 3,500* jobs, as we double our Berlin Schonefeld operation and add 4 new aircraft..

Ryanair will continue to connect Berlin with Europe’s major centres of business including Barcelona (2 daily), Dublin (daily) and London (4 daily), with high frequency services, better timings and the lowest fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for German business and leisure customers.

To celebrate the launch of our Berlin winter 2016 schedule, we are releasing seats for sale from just €9.99, which are available for booking until Monday (15 Feb). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”