The airline, Italy’s largest carrier, will increase their offer from Bari for the winter 2020/21 season by 25 percent with 17 additional weekly flights from December 1, 2020. The added flights are a response to increasing demand from Italian customers.
On Thursday (October 22, 2020), Ryanair announced an expansion of service from Bari, Italy for the winter 2020/21 season. The airline, Italy’s largest carrier, will increase their domestic flights from Bari by 25 percent with the addition of 17 weekly flights. The new flights are the result of increasing demand by Italian customers and will help support the local economy and make it easier for Italians to visit family and friends. This winter, Ryanair will offer over 200 weekly flights across 23 routes from Bari which will support over 1,700 direct and indirect jobs in the region. Bari consumers and visitors can now book flights through October 2021, with low fares to domestic and international destinations including Milan-Bergamo, Catania, Budapest, Krakow and Paris-Beauvais. In Thursday’s announcement, Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said,
“As Italy’s largest airline, we are delighted to continue to deliver growth to the regions despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Italy has shown incredible resilience throughout this crisis and Ryanair’s growth is a response to extraordinary Italian consumer demand plus Bari airport’s continued work to deliver efficient operations and competitive airport charges. During the Covid-19 crisis, national connectivity is more important than ever. We are pleased to announce 17 additional weekly flights to our domestic schedule in Bari, with even more flights to destinations such as Bergamo, Bologna and Catania from 1 December 2020. To celebrate, we are launching a seat sale with fares available from just €4.99 for travel until the end of December, which must be booked by midnight Saturday (24 Oct). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
Ryanair Holdings, plc is Europe’s largest airline conglomerate and the parent company of Buzz, Lauda, Malta Air, and Ryanair DAC. The airline usually carries over 154 million passengers annually with over 2,500 daily departures. Ryanair typically serves over 200 destinations in 40 countries with a fleet of 460 Boeing 737 Family aircraft and 20 Airbus A320s. Currently, the low-cost carrier has an additional 321 Boeing 737s on order and the Ryanair Group expects annual traffic to reach 200 million customers by FY 2024. Ryanair has maintained a stellar safety record for over 34 years and prides itself on being “Europe’s greenest cleanest airline group,” promising customers a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 50%, versus the “Big 4 EU major airlines.”
Source: Ryanair