Ryanair boosts Skavsta investment

Ryanair has announced it is to increase the size of its base at Stockholm Skavsta to four Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a further investment of €49.4.

It also announced three new European routes from Stockholm Skavsta to Dusseldorf Niederrhein (Germany), Barcelona Girona (Spain) and Riga (Latvia).

Ryanair began flying from Stockholm Skavsta in June 1997 and already has low cost international routes.

Announcing the new routes and additional aircraft in Stockholm today, Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said: “We opened our Stockholm Skavsta base in April 2003, and already Ryanair is the second biggest carrier of European traffic in Sweden, and the market leader from Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo to London.

"Today, we are increasing the size of our aircraft base with another brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total investment by Ryanair at Skavsta to €197.6m."