Ryanair has announced that it will open a new base at Paris Beauvais Airport on December 3, 2020.
The airline will base two aircraft at Paris Beauvais and operate 32 routes to and from the airport.
"Delighted"
Ryanair's director of commercial, Jason McGuinness, stated, "This development will create over 2,300 direct and indirect jobs...We are delighted to conclude this long term investment with Paris Beauvais, who continue to work to deliver efficient operations and competitive airport charges, which offers the means for traffic growth and new routes at Ryanair's fourth French base."
Meanwhile, Paris Beauvais Airport's chairman of the board, François Rubichon, commented, "Paris-Beauvais Airport is delighted for this achievement and to see such a mark of confidence from our first airline partner, the leading European carrier, Ryanair.
"Our historic relationship has been strengthened and is now evolving to a new dimension with this operational base, its jobs and the potential developments it will allow, especially in such challenging times for air transport.
Finally, Paris-Beauvais airport is the first base announced by Ryanair in Europe since the beginning of the [COVID-19] crisis and materialises the hard work carried out for several months between SAGEB and Ryanair teams. All the employees and partners are looking forward to welcome the first two aircraft and its crews on the 3rd December 2020."
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