Ryanair Chief Executive Officer, Michael O’Leary, said the airline is pleased to announce the opening of a new airbase in Bucharest, on October 30, with three based aircrafts, two new routes towards Athens and Timisoara (a total 10 routes) and several flights towards Brussels, Dublin and Milan, which will generate a traffic of 1.4 million passengers per year on Otopeni airport and will create over 1,000 jobs.

In Bucharest, Ryanair will see a 75% increase and will invest $300 million.