Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Praha; Hlavni mesto Praha;
Location of affected unit(s)
Prague
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51.10 - Passenger air transport

570 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
31 August 2016
Employment effect (start)
31 October 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017

Description

At the end of October 2016, Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is to open air base at Prague Airport with and investment of USD 200 million, creating 570 new jobs in 2017. The company will offer new destinations from Prague in its summer 2017 schedule.

In total, the company will operate seven direct connections with 45 weekly flights, which will carry 760 thousand passengers annually.


Sources

  • 31 August 2016: E15
  • 31 August 2016: Čianews

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Ryanair, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 88470, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88470.