Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; South Western Scotland; East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland
Location of affected unit(s)
Prestwick
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51 - Air transport

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 February 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Ryanair will create up to 200 new jobs as it builds a second maintenance hangar at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. It has also announced 3 new routes from Edinburgh Airport to Faro, Paris and Marrakech. Ryanair is also putting more flights on existing routes from Edinburgh and Prestwick.

Alongside Ryanair's £8m investment the Scottish government are contributing £1.5m to the project. No details were given on numbers currently employed by the company or the date by which the new jobs are expected to be created.


Sources

  • 10 February 2010: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Ryanair, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70180, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70180.