Ryanair launched its Athens and Thessaloniki Winter 2018 schedules with 13 new routes and more flights on 5 other routes, which will deliver 5.7m customers p.a. as Ryanair grows its traffic by 14%.
Ryanair’s Winter 18 schedule will deliver:
Athens:
- 6 new routes to: Aqaba (2 weekly), Catania (2 weekly), Dublin (2 weekly), Eindhoven (3 weekly), Marrakesh (2 weekly) and Palermo (2 weekly)
- More flights to Bucharest (1 daily), Thessaloniki (3 daily) and Sofia (1 daily)
- 25 routes in total
- 2.9m customers p.a. (10% growth)
- 2,200* on-site jobs
Thessaloniki:
- 2 new routes to: Bologna (2 weekly) and Nuremburg (2 weekly)
- Restoration of 5 routes to Bratislava (2 weekly), Chania (4 weekly), Hamburg (2 weekly), Paris Beauvais (2 weekly) and Warsaw Modlin (2 weekly)
- More flights to Milan Bergamo (3 weekly) and Brussels Charleroi (4 weekly)
- 21 routes in total
- 1.7m customers p.a. (21% growth)
- 1,300* on-site jobs
Greek consumers and visitors can book their holidays as far out as March 2019, on even lower fares, and enjoy the 2018 “Always Getting Better” improvements including:
- Reduced checked-in bag fees – lower 25 euros fee, bigger 20kg bag allowance
- Connecting flights at Rome, Milan and Porto with more airports to follow
- Ryanair Rooms with 10% off Travel Credit
- Ryanair Transfers – wider choice of ground transport with new partner Car Trawler
- Punctuality Promise – 90% of our flights will be on time
- Price Promise – find a cheaper fare and we’ll refund the difference + 5 euros to your My Ryanair account
In Athens, Ryanair’s David O’Brien said: “We are pleased to launch our Athens and Thessaloniki Winter 18 schedules, with 13 new routes and more flights on 5 other routes, which will deliver 5.7 million customers p.a., as Ryanair grows its traffic by 14%. Greek customers and visitors can book our Winter 2018 seats from today as fares continue to fall, so there’s never been a better time to book a low fare flight with Ryanair.
To celebrate the launch of our Athens Winter 2018 schedule we are releasing seats for sale from just €16.99 for travel until May, which are available for booking until midnight Friday (9March). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
*ACI research confirms up to 750 ‘on-site’ jobs are sustained at international airports for every 1m passengers
