RYANAIR have announced a new Madeira service and increased frequencies on eight routes as part of its summer schedule at Shannon Airport.
Extra frequency of routes to Alicante, Edinburgh, Faro, Kaunas, Krakow, Malaga, Porto, and Reus from Shannon Airport has been confirmed by Ryanair. The airlibne has also added more seats on its La Rochelle service in April ahead of the highly anticipated European Rugby Champions Cup match between Munster and La Rochelle taking place in the Stade Marcel-Deflandre on Sat, 5 April.
Commencing on Sunday March 30th, the Maderia service will operate four times a week.
CEO of the Shannon Airport Group, Mary Considine said the new schedule “represents significant Ryanair traffic growth of over 17% for Shannon Airport”.
She added, “We welcomed over 2.1 million passengers at Shannon Airport last year. With the right policies and support, we can achieve even more and are encouraged by the draft National Programme for Government’s commitment to maximizing the use of regional airports. We are proud to support Ryanair in connecting communities, bolstering the regional economy, and enhancing travel experiences. We look forward to continuing our collaboration and achieving further milestones”.
Chief Marketing Officer with Ryanair, Dara Brady outlined that the majority of services on the summer schedule will operate on Ryanair’s three Shannon based aircraft. “We call on the new Irish Government to help airlines, like Ryanair, to continue to grow at regional airports by expanding the scope for the 2026-2030 Regional Airports Programme to at least 3m passenger p.a., which would allow regional airports to grow traffic without being penalised for doing so”.
