{"id":123091,"date":"2016-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ryanair-estimates-it-will-transport-2-5-million-passengers-in-2017-to-and-from-romania\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:38:44","slug":"ryanair-estimates-it-will-transport-2-5-million-passengers-in-2017-to-and-from-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ryanair-estimates-it-will-transport-2-5-million-passengers-in-2017-to-and-from-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair estimates it will transport 2.5 million passengers in 2017 to and from Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Low-cost airline Ryanair has launched its summer schedule for 2017 and estimates it will transport 2.5 million passengers to and from Romania.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With 13 operational routes from Bucharest airport, 7 from Timisoara, and one from Craiova, the company will operate 100 weekly flights. Company officials expect to transport 2.5 million passengers next year, of which 1.9 million will be to and from Bucharest.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Across the entire company, Ryanair&#8217;s aircraft load factor will increase to 94% this year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&bdquo;We are in an early stage regarding growth in Romania. We have three airports\u2014Craiova, Timisoara, and Otopeni\u2014but there are five or six other airports we are in discussions with,&rdquo; stated David O\u2019Brien, Ryanair\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Since September 1, Ryanair has begun operating on the Bucharest &#8211; Timisoara route. In the 2017 summer schedule, the company introduced the Bucharest-Palermo (Sicily) route, as well as more flights to Brussels, Dublin, and Milan Malpensa. Other flights operated from Bucharest include those to Berlin, Bristol, and Timisoara.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Bucharest base will be operational from October 30, for which the company will allocate three aircraft. To celebrate the base opening, the company is putting flight tickets on sale starting from 8 EUR.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fluximobiliar.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Flux Imobiliar<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many passengers does Ryanair expect to transport in Romania in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryanair estimates it will transport 2.5 million passengers to and from Romania in 2017, with 1.9 million of those traveling through Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Romanian cities are included in Ryanair&#8217;s 2017 summer schedule?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The schedule includes 13 routes from Bucharest, 7 from Timisoara, and one from Craiova, totaling 100 weekly flights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the expansion plans for Ryanair in the Romanian market?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond its current three airports, Ryanair is in discussions with five or six other Romanian airports and will open its Bucharest base on October 30 with three allocated aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-cost airline Ryanair has launched its summer schedule for 2017 and estimates it will transport 2.5 million passengers to and from Romania. With 13 operational routes from Bucharest airport, 7 from Timisoara, and one from Craiova, the company will operate 100 weekly flights. Company officials expect to transport 2.5 million passengers next year, of which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123091"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}