Ryanair will operate 24 routes in total from Liverpool next winter, with more than 90 flights per week –  helping to deliver 2m customers per year at LJLA. Tony McDonough reports.

Low-cost airline Ryanair is adding three new routes to its winter 017/18 schedule from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) which include Copenhagen, Milan and Prague.

Ryanair will operate 24 routes in total from Liverpool next winter, with more than 90 flights per week –  helping to deliver 2m customers per year at LJLA.

The airline will continue to connect Liverpool with major European cities on high frequency, low fare services including Barcelona (four times weekly), Warsaw (four times weekly) and Dublin (four times daily).

Ryanair’s summer 2017 schedule starts at the end of March and is attracting record bookings, with more frequencies to sun destinations for summer family holidays from Liverpool.

These include three new routes to Bari (two times weekly), Girona (two times weekly) and Prague (four times weekly).

Paul Winfield, LJLA’s director of air service development said: “This means that since September last year, Ryanair have now announced seven new destinations from Liverpool including three capital cities.

“Further growth next winter and the current success of their forthcoming summer programme, should make 2017 one of Ryanair’s busiest from Liverpool in recent years.”

Robin Kiely, head of communications at Ryanair, added: “These new routes will go on sale on the Ryanair.com website later this week as we continue to grow our Liverpool traffic, tourism and jobs, underlining our commitment to LJLA and the Liverpool region.”