Ryanair has unveiled its Summer 2025 schedule for Belfast, featuring 19 routes, including a new year-round service to Kaunas. To meet growing demand, the airline is also increasing flight frequencies to popular sun destinations such as Alicante, Malaga, and Malta, resulting in a 16% overall capacity boost. This expansion is supported by Ryanair’s two Belfast-based Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Belfast International Airport CEO, Dan Owens said “Since returning to Belfast International Airport, Ryanair has offered local passengers’ greater choice and connectivity with fantastic routes on offer. Today’s announcement that they will deliver 19 routes over the summer period including the new summer route to Kaunas in Lithuania only grows this offering. The additional flights to Alicante, Krakow and London strengthen Ryanair’s presence in Northern Ireland and is warmly welcomed by all.”
Ryanair Chief Marketing Officer Dara Brady said “Ryanair is pleased to announce our Summer 2025 schedule for Belfast, with 19 routes including Kaunas for Summer 2025, as well as extra flights to other popular summer holiday destinations like Alicante, Malaga, and Malta, giving Northern Ireland citizens/visitors even more choice at the lowest fares in Europe.
Ryanair could be growing more rapidly to/from Belfast and the wider UK, but Rachel Reeves bizarre decision to raise APD taxes by £2 per passenger damages these growth prospects, and in particular regional UK airports. If the UK Govt. wants to deliver growth, they should abolish their penal and damaging APD tax, which makes the UK uncompetitive when EU countries like Sweden, Hungary, Ireland, and regions in Italy are abolishing aviation taxes, and winning dramatic traffic, tourism, and jobs growth from the UK.”
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