Low-cost airline Ryanair will launch new seasonal flights between Dubrovnik and Budapest this summer, the airline's second new route from the coastal city. The service will start on June 2 and operate three times a week until September 29, with the frequency reduced to two times a week in September. It will deploy a mix of Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 jets. The airline has also previously arranged new routes between Gdańsk and Dubrovnik. Both routes will begin operations just days before rival Wizz Air launches the same two new routes.
Ryanair has so far planned modest growth in the former Yugoslavia region over the coming summer, with Dubrovnik set to be the main driver of expansion. The low-cost carrier plans to add 14 to 17 weekly departures from its coastal airport base, which would mean an increase of nearly 6,600 seats per week during peak months.
Ryanair will add two additional flights per week to Charleroi, Rome and Manchester during the peak summer months of June, July and August. There will also be an additional flight frequency to Krakow, Poznan, London Stansted, Sandefjord, Vienna and Wroclaw. These enhancements build on the new routes already announced to Gdansk and Budapest. Two of the latter's three weekly flights will be operated by aircraft based in Budapest and one by its Dubrovnik-based jet.
