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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2016
Foreseen end date
31 March 2017
Description
Irish low-cost airline Ryan Air Air has announced the opening of a new base in Bucharest and the creation of 1,000 new jobs in Bucharest and nationwide. The business expansion aims at increasing flights on existing routes and opening new routes by 2017.
Ryan Air operates 21 routes to Romanian airports, namely Timisoara, Bucharest and Craiova. Another 13 routes will be added next year.
Sources
1 September 2016: capital.ro
1 September 2016: Agerpres
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Ryanair, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 88481, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88481.