Ryanair announces major Canary Island expansion

Ryanair yesterday announced a major expansion of services to the Canary Islands consisting of 39 new routes to / from Lanzarote (15), Gran Canaria (16) and Tenerife (8). The expansion has come about through the combination of zero tourist tax and 100% discount on airport charges for the coming winter and is expected to deliver 2m passengers on an annual basis.

Speaking in Tenerife, Ryanair's deputy chief executive Michale Cawley said that the continuation of the routes past March 31 2020 was dependent on the extension of the discount scheme.

The routes and commencement dates are as follows :

	To/From	Gran Canaria	Lanzarote	Tenerife
1	Barcelona (Girona)	Oct	Oct	Oct
2	Birmingham	Oct	Oct	Oct
3	Bournemouth	Oct	Oct	Oct
4	Bristol	Oct	Oct	Oct
5	Brussels (Charleroi)	Oct	Oct	Oct
6	Dublin	Oct	Oct	--
7	Dusseldorf (Weeze)	Oct	Oct	--
8	East Midlands	Oct	Oct	--
9	Frankfurt (Hahn)	Oct	Oct	--
10	Glasgow (P’wick)	Oct	Oct	--
11	Liverpool	Oct	Oct	--
12	London (Luton)	Oct	Oct	Oct
13	London (Stansted)	Oct	Oct	--
14	Madrid	Oct	Oct	Oct
15	Oporto	Oct	--	Oct
16	Shannon	Oct	Oct	--