Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (4 Oct) launched its Cologne summer schedule (2017), with a new summer service to Sofia and 21 routes in total, which will deliver 2.3m customers p.a. and support 1,800* jobs at Cologne Airport.

Ryanair’s Cologne summer schedule will see 21 routes including sun services to Corfu, Faro and Malaga, lower fares as Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better customer experience, as it rolls out year 3 of its “Always Getting Better” customer experience programme, and will deliver:

· 1 new summer service to Sofia (4 weekly)
· 21 routes in total (including Berlin x 5 daily)
· 137 weekly flights
· 2.3m customers p.a.
· 1,800* “on-site” jobs p.a.

Ryanair is the ideal choice for business and leisure customers, who can now book their flights to/from Cologne up to October 2017, choosing from 21 routes in summer 2017, on the lowest fares.

In Cologne, Ryanair’s Chief Commercial Officer, David O’Brien said:

“We are pleased to launch our Cologne summer 2017 schedule, with a new summer service to Sofia, with 21 routes in total, which will deliver 2.3m customers p.a. and support 1,800 jobs at Cologne Airport. Ryanair continues to grow strongly in Germany, creating competition amongst German airports, which is good for consumers, driving down the cost of flying and offering more choice. There is huge potential for more Ryanair low fare routes to be added across our German network, and we would encourage our partners in Cologne Airport to work with us so that we can add even more new routes, while boosting tourism and job creation in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in the years to come.”

Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said:

“Ryanair customers can look forward to even lower fares when they make advance bookings for summer 2017. As our recent guidance confirmed, Ryanair expects average fares to fall by between 10% to 12% in the 6 months to March 2017. There’s never been a better time to book a low fare flight on Ryanair and we urge all customers who wish to book their summer 2017 holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to and from Cologne. To celebrate the launch of our Cologne summer 2017 schedule, we are launching a 20% off sale on selected routes for travel between November and February, which are available for booking until Wednesday (5 Oct). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”