Ryanair launches nine new routes from Stansted

The new routes for the forthcoming summer season include daily services to both Naples and Nice and a three times daily flight to Copenhagen.

In addition, three flights a week will be operated to Beziers, Cagliari and Grenoble while a four times a week service is being set up to Nimes.

Twice weekly flights are also being introduced to Clermont and Strasbourg.

In addition, extra flights have been added to a further 13 of its services from the airport with destinations including Bergerac, Carcasonne, Lourdes and Porto all benefiting.

Ryanair chief commercial officer David O’Brien said: “We are pleased to announce a new growth deal with Manchester Airports Group at London Stansted Airport, which enables Ryanair to add 9 new London Stansted routes this summer, including a daily flight to Naples and a three times daily service to Copenhagen, increase frequency on 13 existing routes and deliver over 20 million annual customers this year.

Having grown our London Stansted traffic from 13.2 million in 2013 to over 20 million this year, this new deal will allow Ryanair to continue to expand our route network at Stansted, our largest European base.

Stansted divisional chief executive Andrew Cowan said: “Today’s announcement by Ryanair is fantastic news for Stansted Airport and passengers from across the east of England and London.

“Ryanair is an important and valued partner for us at Stansted and we’re delighted to support the airline’s exciting expansion plans for the summer, which will help ensure Stansted remains one of the UK’s fastest growing airports and see us serve well over 25 million passengers a year within the next 12 months.

“Stansted sits at the heart of one of the UK’s most innovative and rapidly developing growth corridors between London and Cambridge, so the new destinations and increase in flights on key routes will offer passengers and businesses even more choice at great value.

“This builds on the strength of Ryanair’s extensive network at Stansted that now serves 140 destinations from the airline’s largest base in Europe.”