Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, announced significant expansion in France, launching 2 new bases.
As part of its Summer 2019 schedule, the carrier selects Bordeaux and Marseille as its new bases that will base 2 new aircraft for each airport (a total investment of $400m) and 27 new routes (connecting 12 countries), which will deliver a total of 3.5m customers p.a. across both airports.
Ryanair’s new Bordeaux base will deliver:
– 2 based aircraft ($200m investment)
– 16 new routes: Bari (2 wk), Cologne Bonn (3), Copenhagen (3), Dublin (2), Fez (2), Krakow (2), Manchester (2), Marrakesh (2), Marseille (daily), Mykonos (1), Nantes (4), Naples (2), Ouarzazate (2), Tangier (2),Valencia (2) & Venice Treviso (3)
– 24 routes for summer 2019
– 70 weekly flights
– 1.1 million customers p.a. (+124%)
– 60 new Ryanair jobs
– 825* “on-site” jobs p.a.
Ryanair’s new Marseille base will deliver:
– 2 based aircraft ($200m investment)
– 11 new routes: Agadir (2 wk), Alicante (2), Bologna (3), Bordeaux (daily), Bucharest (2), Budapest (2), Manchester (2), Naples (2), Ouarzazate (2) Prague (2) & Warsaw (2)
– 40 routes for summer 2019
– 150 weekly flights
– 4 million customers p.a. (+26%)
– 60 new Ryanair jobs
– 1,800* “on-site” jobs p.a.
French consumers and visitors can now book flights as far out as October 2019 on the lowest fares. To celebrate the launch of its new Bordeaux and Marseille bases, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares on its new Bordeaux and Marseille routes available from just €24.99, for travel in April, which must be booked by midnight Monday (1 Oct) only on the Ryanair.com website.
