Ryanair moves back to George Best Belfast City Airport

Eleven years after Ryanair quit George Best Belfast City airport, Europe’s biggest budget airline is moving back with summer departures to holiday airports in Spain, Portugal and Italy. Ryanair will operate daily flights to Alicante, Malaga, Palma and Faro, with less frequent departures to Barcelona, Ibiza, Valencia and Milan. Services from the Northern Ireland airport, which is in the eastern outskirts of the city, begin on 1 June with departures to Alicante, Barcelona and Malaga. The full service is due to start in July. The schedule reflects expected lower demand in June; the Northern Ireland school summer holidays beginning on 1 July. There is also uncertainty about the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic, and in particular what restrictions will apply to travellers outbound from Northern Ireland, on arrival in southern European nations and the quarantine position back in the UK.<br/>