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Ground-breaking ceremony: For the expansion of Memmingen Airport, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Dr. Markus Söder himself to the shovel.

Together with other guests of honor, he symbolically launched the expansion on Friday, 5th of October, to make Bavaria’s third commercial airport fit for the future. The Prime Minister emphasized: “The Allgäu Airport Memmingen is developing excellently, strengthening the economic and tourism area of Swabia and is a constant in Germany’s air traffic. A true success story of white-blue structural policy!”

At the center of the planned expansion are the renovation and extension (from 30m to 45m) of the runway, which is carried out by the Memminger company Kutter. In addition there are the replacement of the airport lights, the optimization of the instrument landing system and an expansion of the luggage hall. Work on the rehabilitation and extension of the runway will begin in spring of 2019. All work will be completed in 2020.

Just in time for the start of the travel time Ryanair took on Saturday his newest connection from Memmingen to Athens with numerous good-humored passengers on board of the Boeing 737-800. The Irish airline Ryanair had booked the first flight to the Greek capital. “Athens completes our offer in Southeast Europe very well,” emphasized Airport Sales Manager Marcel Schütz. Always on Saturday and Tuesday, the new route is now on the flight schedule, which offers both non-stop and business travelers a nonstop flight. Athens and its landmark, the Acropolis, are suitable both for a city trip and for a long trip to Greece. But also the Greeks living in Southern Germany and the neighboring countries as well as their friends and relatives on site get a new attractive flight connection.

Flights can be booked at ryanair.com.

Flowers and a sweet present for the crew of the first flight from Memmingen to Athens.

After Wizz Air flies to the capital Kiev up to seven times a week this summer, Ryanair will be offering a new connection from Memmingen to Lviv this fall. Memmingen Airport is becoming an increasingly important link between Bavaria and Ukraine.

From October 31st every Wednesday and on Fridays Ryanair takes off from Memmingen to Lviv, the seventh largest city in the Ukraine with around 730,000 inhabitants. “With the two metropolises of Kiev and Lviv, we cover a large market in the Ukraine and in Eastern Poland,” explains Airport Sales Manager Marcel Schütz.

The Ukrainian Lviv, today the capital of Eastern Galicia, is one of the most beautiful cities in the region. The historic city center is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. The Lviv City Hall and many historic buildings have been extensively restored and renovated in recent years. Palaces, churches and monasteries announce the former wealth of the city. Art Nouveau buildings point to the years of the Austrian k.u.k. monarchy. In addition, the cultural scene in Lviv is known throughout Ukraine and beyond its borders.

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For long it has been on the wish list of many passengers: From 8th of May, Ryanair will fly three times a week to Zadar on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia.

“With Croatia, we are rounding up our offer for the Mediterranean,” emphasizes Allgäu Airport Sales Manager Marcel Schütz. The flight days allow a very flexible vacation planning – from a short trip to a long round trip. Zadar is the ideal starting point for a seaside holiday on the coast or on one of the numerous offshore islands. There are also three nature parks and five national parks in the area. With Zadar, Memmingen Airport will be able to offer 42 destinations this summer.

Flights are bookable on ryanair.com

The balance sheet of the past financial year 2017 lists the record value of 1,179,875 passengers. This corresponds to an increase of 18.37 percent over the previous year. A total of 21 airlines flew Memmingen in scheduled and charter operations, serving 60 destinations in Europe, Africa and Asia.

In the past year not only the 10th anniversary of civil aviation at Memmingen Airport was celebrated, in November Airport CEO Ralf Schmid also welcomed the millionth passenger of the year 2017. The airport not only plays an ever-increasing role among passengers, it is also an important part of the route network for many airlines. Ryanair, for example, declared last year the airport to one of their base and stationed a plane on-site, which not only meant six new routes but also gave the region 35 additional jobs. Of the 21 airlines that flew to Memmingen in 2017, six did regular scheduled flights. The others were charters for tour operators and companies of the region. Ryanair, Wizzair and the Russian Pobeda are the top customers of the airport. They regularly served 35 destinations in Europe, Africa and Asia. The spectrum ranges from Tenerife in the west to the Georgian Kutaisi and Moscow in the east, from northern Stockholm to Fez in Morocco. In total, 60 destinations were served last year. This resulted in a total of 20,620 flight movements, an increase of 7.8 percent compared to the previous year (19,122). At the top of the list was London Stansted, followed by Sofia, Moscow, Porto and Kiev. August 22^nd, with 5,708 passengers, marked the day with the most passengers in its Memmingen airport history so far. September was the top month of the year with 124,481 passengers, closely followed by October with 124,126 passengers.

Memmingen Airport gets a new destination in Portugal: Ryanair offers flights to Lisbon with a short stopover in Porto from 5th of January 2018.

The Irish airline has been successfully offering transfer services at the Italian airports of Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo for quite some time and is now extending this service to Porto Airport. “This is a great enrichment to our offer and opens up additional destinations for our passengers,” emphasizes Memmingen Airport Sales Manager Marcel Schütz. Anyone checking in at Memmingen will receive its luggage in Lisbon and will be able to reach the next flight in Porto. For both flights you get a booking number. The new offer is part of Ryanair’s AlwaysGettingBetter service offensive.

Tickets are bookable on www.ryanair.com.

Since October 2017, the airline Ryanair flies three times a week to the Polish capital Warsaw. Now, Wizz Air includes Katowice in their offer. From 20th of June 2018 the capital of the Polish Silesian Voivodeship will be offered four times a week. Katowice counts about 300,000 inhabitants.

The connection Memmingen – Vilnius / Lithuania will be no longer operated from the beginning of the summer timetable due to low demand.

Memmingen Airport expects additional passenger traffic of around 75,000 a year due to additional flights to Katowice and Sibiu, and despite the loss of the connection to Vilnius.

All Wizz Air connections from Memmingen Airport can be booked here.

With 29 destinations, the winter timetable 2017/18 at Memmingen Airport starts next Sunday (29th of October 2018). There have been never before – in the now ten-year history of the airport – so many destinations during a winter season.

The opening of the Ryanair base at Memmingen airport provided a further growth. Wizz Air is also continuously expanding the range of services and exclusively serving all-year destinations.

The winter timetable 2017/18 includes classics such as London, Moscow and Faro. From A like Alicante to V like Vilnius the offer is best suited for city and holiday trips and visits with friends and relatives. Numerous ski tourists from all over Europe, who use Memmingen as an ideal hub, are expected to explore the winter sport resorts of the Allgäu, Austria and Switzerland. Also part of the winter timetable are the new Ryanair destinations: Fèz in Morocco, Seville, Thessaloniki, Stockholm, Warsaw and Oradea in western Romania. Also the popular connection to Palma de Mallorca is now offered in winter.

Anyone who is already planning his summer holiday 2018 will be given further sunny destinations: Burgas and Athen.

Twice a week Ryanair offers from the end of March flights to Burgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. And from 12th of May also twice a week Ryanair planes take off to Athen – the Greek capital.
Destinations are bookable on www.ryanair.com .

The Irish airline Ryanair today (5th of September) opened its new base at Memmingen, its tenth base in Germany, with one based aircraft and 35 Ryanair employees, who have also found new home in Memmingen and its surroundings. In winter 2017/18 and summer 2018 six new routes to Fez, Oradea, Seville, Stockholm, Thessaloniki and Warsaw, as well as extra flights to Palma de Mallorca and Alicante are launched.
Kenny Jacobs, Chief Marketing Officer of Ryanair, had arrived from Dublin for the opening to celebrate an even closer relationship between airline and airport together with airport manager Ralf Schmid. The new routes will deliver about 860,000 passengers p.a. that is why more than 1.1 million passengers are expected in 2018.