Ryanair has launched its biggest-ever Barcelona winter schedule, with four new routes to Krakow, Luxembourg, Prague and Venice, two new winter routes to Brussels Charleroi and Naples, and more flights on eight existing routes.

With 45 new flights in total, Ryanair hopes to deliver 7.1 million customers to the city per annum and support 5,300 jobs at Barcelona Airport.

Ryanair will continue to connect Barcelona with major business centres on high frequency, low fare services including Brussels (four daily), Dublin (three daily), London (four daily), Milan (three daily) and Rome (three daily), with better timings and lower fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers.

In Barcelona, Ryanair spokesman Kenny Jacobs said: “These new routes will go on sale in February as we continue to grow our traffic, tourism and jobs, underlining our commitment to the Catalonia region.

“We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Barcelona summer 2017 schedule and no one will bring more tourists to and from Barcelona this year than Ryanair.”