Ryanair to carry 5 million customers over Christmas & New Year

Ryanair today (8 Dec) announced that it will carry over 5m customers between 18 December and 7 January across its European network, as it adds 1 million additional seats for people flying home for the holiday season, on the lowest fares.

Ryanair customers can choose from 200 destinations across Europe, with Ryanair operating flights up to 16.00hrs (GMT) on Christmas Eve, and resuming at 07.50hrs (GMT) on St. Stephen’s Day.

A recent winter travel survey of over 1,500 customers revealed that;

• 60% of customers had never been on a winter getaway
• 50% of customers had not been abroad for the last 6 months
• Tenerife is the most popular destination this winter, followed by Milan, Rome, Barcelona, London and Berlin

And customers looking for last minute gift ideas can give the gift of flying with Christmas Gift Vouchers starting from values of €25/£25, which are on sale on the Ryanair.com website, and offer customers a choice of over 1,600 routes connecting 31 countries.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said;

“Ryanair will carry over 5m customers across Europe during the Christmas period – an increase of over 900,000 customers on 2014 – with record bookings across our network as people fly home for Christmas on the lowest fares. Our Christmas flight vouchers, starting from €25/£25, are the perfect last minute Christmas gift, and with over 1,600 routes to choose from it’s never too late to buy the ideal present – only on Ryanair.com.”