Ryanair

Ryanair is the popular low-cost airline offering cheap flights across Europe. Learn more about flying with Ryanair, from what's included to where you can travel to.

  • Book Ryanair-verified package holidays to Europe & the Med
  • Spread the cost with low holiday deposits from £25
  • Combine low fare flights & hotel stays. Fully ATOL-protected
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  • Fly direct to destinations across Europe & the Med
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Latest Ryanair discount code & sale offers for 2024/2025
Latest Ryanair discount code & sale offers for 2024/2025

Top Ryanair discount codes & fare deals

Find the latest Ryanair discount codes for 2024/2025, plus any online offers or seat sales below. Look out for limited time discounts, destination-specific offers and one-off deals.

  • Book Ryanair-verified package holidays to Europe & the Med
  • Spread the cost with low holiday deposits from £25
  • Combine low fare flights & hotel stays. Fully ATOL-protected
  • Book low fares with Ryanair flights on Kiwi.com
  • Fly direct to destinations across Europe & the Med
  • Official Ryanair partner with full price transparency
  • Search for low fares on Ryanair flights
  • Book flights to destinations across Europe
  • Learn more about check in, baggage allowance & more
  • Explore latest offers on flights with Ryanair
  • Search for low fares on flights to destinations across Europe
  • Plus check out the best prices found for future dates
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  • Book cheap flights to destinations in the UK & Europe
  • Read more about baggage allowance & customer reviews
  • Check out top deals on on Ryanair flights
  • Search for flights to destinations across Europe
  • Learn about cabin & checked baggage allowances & more
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  • Browse popular routes to destinations across Europe
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  • Find cheapest flight prices with Ryanair
  • Search for low fares to destinations across Europe
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A bit about Ryanair

Ryanair is well known as Ireland's leading low-cost carrier. It pitches itself firmly in the 'cheap flights' camp and proudly wears the 'no frills' badge while meeting the demands of a range of customers, from families and couples to groups and business travellers.

The Daniel O'Connell Memorial, Dublin
The Daniel O'Connell Memorial, Dublin © Apostolos Giontzis - Dreamstime.com

Ryanair was established in 1985 and, over the last 30 years, has gone from strength to strength, becoming one of Europe's biggest and busiest airlines.

From Tenerife in the Canary Islands to Paphos, Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, Ryanair works to connect people with all sorts of destinations including prime beach holiday spots and exciting cities. It operates a fleet of more than 300 Boeing 737 aircraft, which whiz more than 90 million passengers around Europe each year.

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Why fly with Ryanair?

Ryanair's appeal is that it brings destinations across Europe, the Med, and North Africa within reach for less. Gone are the days when air travel was the preserve of the rich and famous: low-cost carriers such as Ryanair have opened the world up to everyone, making cities, beach resorts and everything in between increasingly more accessible.

Playa de las Americas beach, Tenerife
Playa de las Americas beach, Tenerife © Aleksandar Todorovic - Fotolia.com

And how does it achieve this? By boldly stating its frill-free approach to cheap flights, promising you a seat and a safe journey, while leaving any added extras, from checked luggage to inflight food, for you to purchase if necessary.

Add to this the numerous convenient departure points, both regional and major airports, and variety of destinations, and you've got a winning formula.

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Flying with Ryanair

One of the great things about flying with Ryanair is the number of options it has when it comes to deciding where to fly from. With departure points from 16 major and regional UK airports, it has never been easier as you're certain to find a local airport that suits, from Edinburgh to Bournemouth.

Early morning on Postiguet Beach, Alicante
Early morning on Postiguet Beach, Alicante © Photocagiao - Dreamstime.com

You can fly to Europe and the Mediterranean from the following UK airports (routes vary according to departure point):

  • England: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Exeter, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London (Gatwick, Luton, Stansted & Southend) Manchester, Newcastle & Newquay
  • Northern Ireland: Belfast & Derry
  • Scotland: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow & Glasgow Prestwick
  • Wales: Cardiff

Group bookings

With so many cheap flights and great savings, many people looking to go on holiday with friends, be it a stag do, hen do or simply a group getaway, choose to fly low cost with Ryanair.

If you're flying with 20 or more people, contact Ryanair directly to arrange the best value way to book your flights together.

Ryanair's Quiet Flights

After listening to the feedback of frequent early morning and late night travellers, Ryanair has launched its quiet flights' service, which operate before 7am and after 10pm.

Generally speaking, these include fewer announcements and dimmed cabin lights to encourage passengers to sit, back, relax and catch up on any missed sleep.

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Types of fares

As part of its remit to offer straightforward low-cost airfares, Ryanair's fare structure is pretty simple, letting you choose the right fare for your budget and circumstance.

  Standard Plus Flexi Plus Family Plus
Priority between £6 and £10 per flight
Cabin bags 1x small bag 2x bags 2x bags 2x bags
Reserved seating from £4 per flight standard seat any seat standard seat + free seats for children under 12
Checked baggage from £20 per flight 1x 20 kg bag 1x 20 kg bag 2x 20 kg bags
Extras     flexible tickets; free airport check in; security fast track includes 2x checked baby equipment (e.g. buggy)

Priority & 2 cabin bags

Ryanair's Priority service is an optional bolt-on for those with a Standard fare, which gives you peace of mind that you will be able to keep your bags in the cabin with you, not to mention early access to the aircraft. Priority includes:

  • priority boarding
  • one small personal bag measuring 25cm x 40cm x 20cm
  • one 10 kg bag measuring no more than 55cm x 40cm x 20cm

Priority can be added to your Standard fare anytime from when you book to 30 minutes prior to flying via the Ryanair app.

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Destinations with Ryanair

Ryanair whisks passengers all across Europe, the Mediterranean and to Morocco from a multitude of UK airports. It operates thousands of flights per day, connecting travellers with 225 destinations in 35 countries.

Cheap flights from Ryanair to destinations across Europe & beyond
Cheap flights from Ryanair to destinations across Europe & beyond

Of course, destinations vary depending on your departure point - for example, options from London Gatwick and much more limited than options from London Stansted.

Ryanair strives to take passengers to a wide selection of diverse destinations, be they trendy cities or beautiful beach retreats. Why not consider one of the following popular places to visit:

Top 10 beach destinations to visit:

  • Cagliari, Italy
  • Corfu, Greece
  • Faro, Portugal
  • Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Malaga, Spain
  • Malta, Malta
  • Nice, France
  • Paphos, Cyprus
  • Tenerife, Spain
  • Zadar, Croatia

Top 10 city break destinations to visit:

  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Budapest, Hungary
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • Krakow, Poland
  • Lisbon, Portugal
  • Marrakesh, Morocco
  • Oslo, Norway
  • Rome, Italy
  • Stockholm, Sweden

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Wherever takes your fancy, just remember to use the current Ryanair discount code for 2024/2025 to help make your low-cost flights even cheaper.

Can't find what you're looking for? Head to our complete collection of flight deals and discounts to see more great value offers from leading airlines.

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Kirsten Henton

Kirsten Henton

Kirsten Henton is Weather2Travel.com's editor. Kirsten writes, commissions and edits our travel features, liaising with our contributors and ensuring copy is spick-and-span. A member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, Kirsten also freelances writing articles on travel, history and the outdoors for titles such as Scotland Magazine and BBC Travel.

Updated on Tuesday 19th March 2024

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