Ryanair will open six new London Stansted routes to Clermont, Cologne, Deauville, Edinburgh, Glasgow Intl and Ponta Delgada (Azores), as well as increased frequencies on 40 other routes, which low cost carrier claims will deliver over 17m customers each year.and support over 17,000 “on-site” jobs at London Stansted Airport.

Ryanair also confirmed it will also increase its London Stansted services to Glasgow and Edinburgh from 3 to 4 times daily for winter 2015, in response to phenomenal demand from business customers.

In 2015, Ryanair will connect London Stansted with many of Europe’s major centres of business, including Barcelona (4 x daily), Cologne (2), Dublin (8), Edinburgh (4), Glasgow (4) Madrid (4), Milan (4) and Rome (4), offering business customers the largest range of destinations and improved schedules.

2015 also marks Ryanair’s 30th birthday. In 30 years, Ryanair has grown to become Europe’s biggest airline, carrying 100m people annually, between 30 countries, and saving European customers over €11bn every year.

In London, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “Ryanair is pleased to launch 6 new London Stansted routes to Clermont, Cologne, Deauville, Edinburgh, Glasgow International and Ponta Delgada (Azores), as well as increased frequencies on 40 other routes. UK visitors and customers can choose from a total of 130 exciting Stansted summer routes, which will deliver over 17m customers p.a. at London Stansted, as we grow by 12%.

Ryanair will also increase frequency on our London Stansted routes to Edinburgh and Glasgow from 3 to 4 x daily, in response to phenomenal demand from UK customers, visitors and business travellers.”