No-frills airline Ryanair is boosting its winter schedule by more than one million seats to and from 20 UK airports with annual customer numbers climbing to more than 166.5 passengers. The announcement follows the bombshell that British Airways is slashing its winter programme by 10,000 flights from Heathrow.
Additional Ryanair flights will include destinations in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Greece and France from UK airports including Stansted, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh. It promises more choice, better reliability, and lower fares for its UK customers.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said: “While BA is cancelling eight per cent of its winter schedule due to staff shortages and Heathrow’s capacity restrictions, Ryanair is now adding more than one million low-fare seats to our largest ever UK winter schedule."
