Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (24 Feb) launched its biggest ever London winter schedule (2016), with 5 new routes to Alicante, Belfast, Hamburg, Timisoara and Toulouse, 7 new winter services to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Jerez, Murcia, Sofia, Tenerife and Vilnius, and more flights on 11 other routes, which will deliver 23.6m customers p.a. and support 17,700* jobs at London Stansted, London Gatwick and London Luton Airports, as Ryanair grows its London traffic by 10%.

Ryanair’s London winter 2016 schedule will deliver:

London Stansted:
· 3 new routes to: Hamburg (2 daily), Timisoara (1 daily) & Toulouse (1 daily)
· More flights to: Alicante (10 wkly), Bordeaux (5 wkly), Faro (1 daily), Gran Canaria (6 wkly), Lanzarote (5 wkly), Malta (4 wkly), Nuremberg (2 daily), Seville (9 wkly) & Valencia (1 daily)
· 2 new winter services: Jerez (2 wkly) & Sofia (2 daily)
· 108 routes in total
· Over 1,000 weekly flights
· 20m customers p.a. (+1.2m)
· 15,000* “on-site” jobs p.a.

London Gatwick:
· 2 new routes to: Alicante (6 wkly) & Belfast (5 daily)
· More flights to Dublin (8 daily)
· 5 routes in total
· 110 weekly flights
· 1.7m customers p.a. (+750,000)
· 1,300* “on-site” jobs p.a.

London Luton:
· 5 new winter services to: Fuerteventura (2 wkly), Gran Canaria (2 wkly), Murcia (3 wkly), Tenerife (2 wkly) & Vilnius (4 wkly)
· More flights to Kaunas (daily)
· 17 routes in total
· 100 weekly flights
· 1.9m customers p.a. (+275,000)
· 1,400* “on-site” jobs p.a.

Ryanair will continue to connect London with Europe’s major centres of business through high frequency services, including Belfast (5 daily), Dublin (19 daily) Madrid (4 daily) and Rome (5 daily), with more flights, better timings and the lowest fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers.

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

“We are pleased to launch our London winter 2016 schedule, which includes 5 new routes to Alicante, Belfast, Hamburg, Timisoara and Toulouse, 7 new winter services to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Jerez, Murcia, Sofia, Tenerife and Vilnius, and more flights on 11 other routes, which will deliver 23.6 million customers p.a. – almost 20% of our total annual traffic – and support 17,700 jobs at London Stansted, London Gatwick and London Luton Airports, as we grow our London traffic by 10%.

To celebrate the launch of our London winter 2016 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network from just £19.99, which are available for booking until Monday (29 Feb). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”