Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair is to substantially increase its services from London Stansted Airport for the winter 2014 season. It has announced eight new routes plus increased frequencies on 36 other sectors. Together, it believes these increases will create an extra 2 million passengers.
That would take Rynaiar’s annual passenger numbers at the airport to more than 15 million, or more than 70% of Stansted’s total passenger throughput.
The new services will serve Athens (2X-daily), Basel (daily), Bordeaux (3X-weekly), Bucharest (daily), Perpignan (3X-weekly), Prague (daily), Rabat (3X-weekly) and Skelleftea (2X-weekly).
Stansted’s managing director, Andrew Harrison, described the increase in services, which will see Ryanair’s winter flights from the airport rise from 490 to 700 weekly as “fantastic news”.
Stansted’s owners, Manchester Airports Group, bought the airport last year after previous owner BAA was compelled to sell it by the UK’s competition authorities. Ryanair had a running battle with BAA over what it felt were excessive charges that were hindering the airport’s growth.
An £80 million ($120 million) upgrade of the terminal is underway, with a new, larger, security search area operational improvements now being made to the departure lounge.
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