OREANDA-NEWS. Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (10 Apr) announced it would open its 5th German base (68th in total) at Cologne in October 2014 with one based aircraft and 5 new exciting routes to Dublin, London Stansted, Madrid, Riga and Rome Ciampino (8 in total), which will deliver over 700,000 customers p.a. and sustain some 700 “on-site” jobs*, with 86 weekly flights, as Ryanair invests over USD 90m at Cologne Airport.

From October 2014, Ryanair will grow at Cologne as follows:

1 based aircraft
5 new routes to Dublin, London Stansted, Madrid, Riga & Rome Ciampino
86 weekly flights
Over 700,000 customers
700* “on site” jobs
Ryanair celebrated its new Cologne base and 5 new routes by releasing 100,000 seats on sale from €19.99 for travel in May and June, which are available for booking until midnight Monday (14 Apr). Ryanair’s new Cologne routes go on sale on the Ryanair.com website tomorrow.