Ryanair opens a new operating base at Katowice Airport and announces a launch of 12 new routes.

Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair Group, at a press conference on the 4^th of September announced that in 2020 the carrier will be basing 6 airplanes (Boeing 737-800NG) at the Katowice Airport. During the conference it was also announced that from Summer 2020 there will be 18 regular connections from KTW:

• Athens
• Birmingham
• Dublin
• Edinburgh
• Bologna
• Brindisi
• Cork
• Dortmund
• Göteborg
• Catania
• Kiev
• Cologne
• Manchester
• Oslo-Torp
• Paphos
• London Stansted
• Milan-Bergamo
• Odessa

According to estimations, new routes from Katowice Airport will allow to serve 1,25 mln of passengers, which will result in an increase - 45 % comparing to 2019.  

Source:

https://www.katowice-airport.com/pl/nasze-lotnisko/aktualnosci/56

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