Ryanair to launch five new routes from UK airport in time for summer holidays
Plus, everything you need to about flying with Ryanair
LONDON Stansted is getting five new flight routes this year – including to a trending travel destination.
Ryanair has added several new services to its summer 2025 schedule from London Stansted Airport.
The airline will be operating new routes from London Stansted to Reggio Calabria in Italy, Clermont-Ferrand in France, Münster and Lübeck in Germany and Linz in Austria.
Flights to Reggio Calabria in Italy will launch on February 3, with the twice-weekly service operating every Sunday and Wednesday.
Flights take three hours, with one-way fares from just £14.99.
The lesser-visited Italian region was named a trending travel destination for 2025 by a team of experts thanks to its cheaper prices.
Flights to Clermont-Ferrand in France will launch on March 30, with the twice-weekly service operating every Sunday and Wednesday.
Sunday services will depart London Stansted at 7am before landing in France at 9.40am local time.
The flights will then depart the French airport at 10am, touching down in the UK at 10.50am.
Flight times will operate slightly later on the Wednesday service, with Sun Online Travel finding one-way fares from £20.65.
Münster services will also launch on March 30, with the route operating three times a week every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
Flights take just one hour and 15 minutes, with prices from £16.99 for one-way fares.
Lübeck, another city in the north of Germany, is also set to get new flights from London Stansted.
Flights will launch on April 1 and will operate every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
One-way fares start from £16.91, with flight times differing each day.
A new route will also operate between London Stansted and Linz, a city in Upper Austria.
Flights to Linz will begin operating on February 3, with services flying between the two destinations every Monday and Friday.
Sun Online Travel have found one-way fares from £19.99.
Ryanair will add an additional Boeing 737 aircraft at London Stansted to accommodate the new routes, taking its London based fleet to 56 aircraft.
Airline boss, Michael O’Leary, said they were “excited” to be adding the new routes but expressed concerns over being unable to expand more across the UK
He explained: “However, Rachel Reeves’s decision to raise APD taxes undermines growth potential, particularly at regional airports.
“This short-sighted policy will have long-lasting effects on the UK’s aviation sector and regional economies.”
Last year, the airline tycoon slammed Rachel Reeves’ “idiotic” decision to bump the tax on economy seats to European hotspots by 15 per cent.
In the budget, the Chancellor announced flights across the continent will now incur £15 of duty charges – increasing it by £2.
The low-cost airline has also threatened to axe services from airports in both France and Spain.
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Advice for flying with Ryanair
- All Ryanair passengers can bring a small personal bag on board but this must fit under the seat in front of you, but it must be no bigger than 40cm x 20cm x 25cm
- Any over-sized cabin bags will be refused at the boarding gate and put in the hold for a fee
- Ryanair also charges passengers up to £55 check-in at the airport
- Anyone who loses their card at the airport will have to pay a £20 reissue fee
- Book to sit in the front five rows if you want to head off the plane first
- Extra legroom seats can be found in rows 1 A, B, C or 2 D, E, F as well as row 16 and 17 near the emergency exit
- The worst seat on Ryanair’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft is also 11A because of its lack of window.
And we’ve rounded up all the big new flight routes launching this year.
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