Ryanair has revealed Maltese families are booking their summer 2015 holidays in record numbers and earlier than ever, with more customers booked on its Maltese summer routes at Christmas than in any other year.
Ryanair was the first airline in Maltato launch its summer 2015 schedule (3 months earlier than 2013), with more routes, more flights, better timings and the lowest fares, and Maltese customers can choose from 28 routes from Malta next summer, while enjoying allocated seating, a free second carry-on bag, reduced fees, a new website and a brand new app with mobile boarding passes.
Families are also making great savings thanks to Ryanair's Family Extra service, which offers:
- 50% allocated seating discounts on children's seats*
- 50% off checked-in bags for children*
- Discounted priority boarding*
- 50% off travel insurance for children
- Reduced infant fees (now just €20)
- A free 5kg infant bag allowance
- Bottle warming and baby changing facilities on board
- Two free pieces of infant equipment (buggy, booster seat, car seat, travel cot, carried in the hold)
- An approved car seat on board when a seat is booked
- A Fly & Save bonus - get 20% off your third family flight when your family fly twice.
(*when booked by an adult)
Ryanair will carry over 3.5m customers between 20th December and 6th January, an increase of 500,000 customers over 2013, with flights operating up to 16.40hrs (GMT) on Christmas Eve and resuming at 07.40hrs (GMT) on St Stephen's Day, to ensure everyone gets home for Christmas.
Ryanair's Maria Macken said: "No one will bring more families together this Christmas than Ryanair and as we prepare for our busiest ever Christmas period, when we'll carry over 3.5m customers, more and more Maltese families are booking their summer 2015 holidays earlier than ever. The combination of the biggest route choice, lowest fares and our summer schedule going on sale earlier than ever has seen more Maltese families booked on summer routes at Christmas than ever before. Families are also making great savings thanks to our Family Extra service, which offers half-price seats and bags for children, as well as 20% off a third family booking when two are made, making Ryanair the ideal choice for families, as we continue to deliver so much more than just the lowest fares."