Ryanair announced (25-Jan-2018) plans to expand Manchester Airport operations with a USD300 million investment, three additional aircraft at the base and the launch of the following 10 services from summer 2018:
- Agadir: Twice weekly;
- Almeria: Twice weekly;
- Barcelona: Twice weekly;
- Belfast: Daily from Mar-2018;
- Cagliari: Twice weekly;
- Palermo: Twice weekly;
- Ponta Delgada: Weekly;
- Porto: Three times weekly;
- Rhodes: Twice weekly;
- Venice: Three times weekly.
The carrier will add 300,00 seats on Manchester services and increase the fleet at the base to 12 aircraft. Ryanair will also increase Alicante, Bologna, Chania, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Malaga, Mallorca, Naples and Tenerife frequencies. [more - original PR]