Ryanair launches 6 new routes and 9th based aircraft added for Winter 25

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The Malta Business Weekly

Ryanair, Malta’s No.1 airline, yesterday announced its Winter 25 schedule for Malta with 57 routes, inclunding six new routes to Glasgow, Gothenburg, Luxembourg, Norwich, Newcastle and Palma and increased frequencies on 20 other routes inclunding Milan, Porto, Bucharest and London.

To deliver this growth Ryanair will add a 9th based B737 “Gamechanger” aircraft in Malta (a $100m investment) from November, creating another 30 jobs for pilots and cabin crew at Malta International Airport, the airline said.

This increased route schedule will grow Ryanair’s Malta traffic to over 5.2m passengers in 2025 (+15%), and nine based aircraft represents an investment of over $1 billion on the island.

This growth, the company said, will support over 4,300 local jobs, including 30 new highly paid pilot and cabin crew jobs. Ryanair continues to reinforce its long-term commitment to Malta, with recent investments in a state-of-the-art hangar maintenance facility and the doubling of Malta Air’s new 700 sqm Head Office in Pieta.

To celebrate Ryanair’s 6 new routes and 9th based aircraft, Ryanair has launched a W25 seat sale with fares from just €21.99 available only at ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said: “As Malta’s No.1 airline, Ryanair is pleased to announce our biggest ever W25 schedule with 57 routes, incl. 6 new routes to Glasgow, Gothenburg, Luxembourg, Norwich, Newcastle and Palma for W25, providing Malta’s citizens/visitors with even more choice of exciting winter break and city break destinations at Europe’s lowest fares.

“To support this growth, Ryanair will add a 9th based B737 “Gamechanger” aircraft from November, and a total investment of over $1 billion on the island, which includes Ryanair’s new hangar maintenance facility and the expansion of our Malta Air offices, as Ryanair’s continues its long-term investment in, commitment to Malta’s tourism and economic growth.”

To celebrate Ryanair’s biggest ever W25 schedule, we are launching a 4-day seat sale with fares from just €21.99, which must be booked by midnight Sun 28th Sept. These seat sale fares are available only at ryanair.com.”

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