March 8 (SeeNews) - Irish low-cost air carrier Ryanair said on Wednesday it will launch a new route from Romania's northwestern city of Oradea to Netherlands' Eindhoven this winter season.
The airline will operate three flights per week on the route, it said in a press release.
Ryanair will also continue to fly from Oradea to Milan, Barcelona and London during winter 2017 season.
The four routes will bring a total of 120,000 new passengers to Oradea International Airport and will help create some 120 new jobs, Ryanair said.
Ryanair aims to connect Bucharest with all top European business capitals and expects to carry 40% more passengers to and from Romania in fiscal year 2018, sales and marketing executive for Central and Eastern Europe Denis Barabas told SeeNews in a recent interview.
With 13 new routes in the pipeline for 2017 summer season, Ryanair expects to carry some 2.6 million passengers to and from the four airports which it operates in Romania in fiscal year 2018 starting April 1.
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