The airline is allocating up to four aircraft to a third continental base at Milan Bergamo. It plans to operate more than 30 flights a day to London, Frankfurt, Brussels, Hamburg, Paris and Barcelona. The company claimed a one-way fare will be 90 per cent cheaper than the lowest fare offered by rival Alitalia. The service starts on 6 February next year.
Ryanair is also launching a route from London Stansted to Barcelona Girona from 20 February, claims the lowest fares will be exclusive to the web.