Type
Business expansion
Country
Spain
Region
Este; Illes Balears;
Location of affected unit(s)
Palma
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51.10 - Passenger air transport

250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2012

Description

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it is to open a base at Palma airport in March 2012. This will result in the creation of 250 direct jobs at the Palma base and up to 3,000 indirect jobs in the Balearics. The new operating hub will operate 47 routes (of which 17 are new) and transport 2.8mn passengers per year. 

This is part of Ryanair's European expansion plans to create 1,000 jobs in 2012 (see here).


Sources

  • 1 February 2012: Expansión

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Ryanair, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 73350, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73350.