A new route to Rabat is one of 123 destinations in the airline’s Summer 2025 schedule
The schedule sees a record 123 routes in total, as well as extra flights on 18 popular routes including Faro, Ibiza, Malta, Milan, and Valencia.
Rabat is Morocco’s capital, set on the Atlantic coast about 90km north of Casablanca. The Dublin route will operate twice-weekly from March 31.
Ryanair has been growing its presence in Morocco, last year announcing its fourth base there in Tangier.
It already flies from Dublin Airport to Agadir and Marrakech; Aer Lingus last year launched its own direct flights to the latter.
Irish passengers should note that Morocco is in Africa, so travel insurance policies should cover worldwide travel, as opposed to simply travel in Europe.
Today’s News in 90 seconds – 30th January 2025
Almost all of Ryanair’s network of 2,600 summer routes is now on sale, including 164 new routes across the network.
A 48-hour ‘Pay Day’ sale is running to midnight on Thursday, offering one-way fares from €16.99, excluding extras.
Other new routes from Irish airports in 2025 include a new Ryanair flight from Shannon to Madeira, and Aer Lingus services from Dublin to Nashville and Cork to Bordeaux and Bilbao.
Ryanair said it was able to grow capacity at Dublin after an appeal to the High Court saw the airport’s passenger cap suspended for this summer.
It plans to increase its Dublin-based fleet to 34, including the addition of 14 new aircraft, and wants to boost its passenger numbers at Irish airports by more than a third to 30 million by 2030.
Chief executive, Eddie Wilson, said: “We will also be responding to DAA’s reduced airport charges for next-gen aircraft by swapping 14 of our current Dublin-based aircraft for 14 new Boeing ‘Gamechanger’ aircraft, which are more environmentally efficient, cutting CO2 emissions by 16pc and noise by 40pc.”
This week, the airline reported a surge in profits for its third quarter, which ended on December 31, but cut its passenger growth target, blaming delays in the delivery of new Boeing jets.