Ryanair to open 42nd base in Spain

RYANAIR is to open its 42nd base at Barcelona El Prat in September, with five aircraft and 20 new routes.

The airline says its new base will support over 2,000 local Spanish jobs, plus 250 direct jobs among its own pilots, cabin crew and engineers.

It will run 270 flights a week to/from Barcelona El Prat in an investment of more than $350m (€286m) in the airport.