Press release - 30 November 2023 07:00

Ryanair to launch two new routes from Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport respectively ahead of the summer season

Ahead of the summer of 2024 Ryanair is expanding at two of Swedavias airports and will be operating Dubrovnik from Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Sarajevo from Göteborg Landvetter Airport. The new routes will be served twice a week from each airport receptively starting in April and will be welcomed additions to the existing routes offered by Ryanair.

Ahead of the summer program 2024 Ryanair is expanding both at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport. At Stockholm Arlanda, Ryanair will start operating Dubrovnik in Croatia. Dubrovnik is perhaps the most visited and internationally known tourist destination in Croatia and is characterized by its mild climate, long history, its outstanding architecture, and historic buildings. Many also travel to Dubrovnik to visit family and friends.

At Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Ryanair will start operation a new direct route to Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo, with its central location, is an important city for business in the region as well as a popular destination for those who are visiting family and friends.

- There is a great confidence in the Swedish air travel market, and Ryanair’s investment in additional direct routes from both Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport is a clear sign of this. Ryanair is an important operator at Swedavias airports and plays a significant role in connecting Sweden to well-established markets in Europe, says Elizabeth Axtelius, Director Aviation Business at Swedavia. Our main goal is to increase the connectivity and Ryanair’s vast network facilitates for people to meet, whether it is for business, leisure or to visit family and friends, says she.

Starting on the 3^rd of April, the route Stockholm Arlanda Airport – Dubrovnik will be operated twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays. Starting on March 31^st, the route Göteborg Landvetter Airport – Sarajevo will be served twice a week, on Tuesdays and Sundays.

Learn more at www.ryanair.com

For further information, please contact Swedavia’s press office at tel. +46 (0)10-109 01 00 or press@swedavia.se.

About Ryanair
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 less 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. More information is available at corporate.ryanair.com.

Swedavia’s work for fossil-free aviation
Swedavia has carried out ambitious climate work for many years. All ten of its airports achieved the goal of zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations by year-end 2020. Swedavia also works actively to promote the switch to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and has the goal that five per cent of all fuel used for refueling at Swedish airports shall be fossil-free by 2025. Swedavia’s climate transition work and its pioneering work to operate climate-smart airports have won international awards, and in 2021 the trade organization Airports Council International (ACI) named Stockholm Arlanda Airport Eco-Innovation Airport of the Year. Swedavia offers all passengers flying from one of Swedavia’s airports the option to purchase SAF for all or part of their journey via flygreenfund.se/swedavia.

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Swedavia is a group that owns, operates and develops 10 airports throughout Sweden. Our role is to create the connectivity that Sweden needs to facilitate travel, business and meetings. Satisfied and safe travelers are the foundation of Swedavia's business. Swedavia is a world leader in the development of airports with the least possible climate impact. Since 2020, Swedavia's own airport operations have been fossil-free at all ten airports. The group's turnover in 2022 was approximately SEK 4.8 billion and approximately 2,400 employees.

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