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Ryanair continues its heavy investment in Arlanda and will launch two more routes
Ryanair continues to invest heavily in the Swedish market and develop its operations at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Two more routes and a new aircraft are now being added, while existing routes will have expanded timetables for the summer season. That means eight new routes will have been launched since October 2022, with Ryanair now operating a total of 45 routes and 320 flights a week to and from Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
“It is really gratifying that, a little over one year since it set up operations at Arlanda, Ryanair continues to strengthen its presence in the Swedish market and at Sweden’s biggest airport. The new destinations are welcome additions to the existing range of European air links on offer. They will be appreciated by our passengers this Summer, no matter whether they want to fly to meet relatives and friends, seek out city experiences or sea and sun, or travel on business,” says Charlotte Ljunggren, Chief Commercial Officer at Swedavia.
Of the eight new routes in 2022–23, service is already available to Birmingham, Malta, Pisa, Turin, Tuzla and Valencia, while two new routes will debut in the spring and summer:
Arlanda – Dublin will start March 26
Arlanda – Porto will start June 4
“Ryanair is pleased to present our new summer 2023 timetable for Stockholm Arlanda with eight new routes, which will give Stockholm passengers even more options for their summer holiday at competitive prices. The summer 2023 timetable is our biggest ever, and will entail the addition of a new aircraft at Ryanair’s Arlanda base, along with a total 150 active pilots crew members, and increased connectivity to and from the Stockholm region,” says Annika Ledeboer, Country Manager Nordics & DACH region at Ryanair.
Ten of the carrier’s existing routes will also operate more frequently during the summer period. These higher-frequency routes include the destinations Krakow, Milan, Thessaloniki, and Vienna as well as some domestic destinations. Ryanair’s summer 2023 program entails a 6 percent expansion in service compared to summer 2022.
The Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair Holdings is the largest airline group in Europe today and includes the subsidiaries Buzz, Lauda, and Malta Air along with Ryanair. The company has some 80 bases with connections to about 250 destinations in 40 countries and more than 2,500 flights a day. The company has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in Europe, with an average age of fewer than 9 years. By investing in “green aircraft,” among other measures, the company wants to reach its target of 60 g of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger kilometer by 2030. The company also aims to fly using 12.5 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030.
