Ryanair to grow by 35% in Malta by launch of Summer 2016 schedule

1 ADDITIONAL BASED AIRCRAFT, $100M INVESTMENT, 9 NEW ROUTES & 400,000 NEW CUSTOMERS

Ryanair today (14 Oct) launched its Summer 2016 Malta schedule with 9 new routes to Baden, Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Gdansk, Manchester, Poznan & Rome, which will deliver over 1.5m customers p.a. ( + 400,000) and support 1,155* “on-site” jobs at Malta Airport as Ryanair grows by over 35%.

Ryanair’s Summer 2016 Malta schedule will deliver:

• 3 based aircraft (1 additional aircraft and $100m investment)
• 9 new routes: Baden (2 weekly), Berlin (2 weekly), Budapest (2 weekly), Cologne (2 weekly), Dusseldorf (2 weekly), Gdansk (2 weekly), Manchester (3 weekly), Poznan (2 weekly), & Rome (1 daily)
• 36 routes in total
• More flights to Birmingham (3 weekly), Edinburgh (5 weekly) & London (1 daily)
• Over 1.5m customers p.a. (400,000  new customers)
• 1,155* “on-site” jobs p.a.

Maltese consumers and visitors can choose from Ryanair’s 36 low fare Malta routes in S16 and can look forward to further improvements, as Ryanair continues its “Always Getting Better” programme, which includes new bases, a new personalised website, new app, new cabin interiors, new crew uniforms and improved inflight menus.

Summer 2016 Malta Growth

In Malta, Ryanair’s Director of Schedule Development, Colin Casey said:

“Ryanair is pleased to launch our Summer 2016 Malta schedule, with 3 based aircraft, 9 new routes to Baden, Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Gdansk, Manchester, Poznan & Rome and 36 routes in total, which will deliver over 1.5m customers p.a. (an extra 400,000) as we grow by over 35% at Malta Airport.

Our customers can look forward to further improvements in the coming months, including our ground breaking personalised website, with exciting new digital features such as ‘hold the fare’ and real customer destination reviews, and improved menus, new cabin crew uniforms and new cabin interiors on board, with more to come in Year 3, as we continue to offer so much more than just lowest fares.

To celebrate the launch of our Malta summer 2016 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network at fares starting from just €19.99, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (15 Oct). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”