Ryanair saw the first flight of its new route from Bristol to Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, take-off from Bristol Airport this morning (July 1).

The new route will operate four times per week as part of Ryanair’s summer 2024 schedule, ‘providing customers with even more choice at the lowest fares’.

On Thursday (July 4), the budget airline will also launch the first flight of its new Bristol to Prague route.

This route, to the capital city of the Czech Republic, will also operate four times per week initially, increasing to six flights per week in October.

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Jade Kirwan, Ryanair’s head of comms, said: “Ryanair is pleased to see the first flights of our new Fuerteventura and Prague routes from Bristol take-off this week, with our exciting Bristol to Fuerteventura route starting from this morning (July 1) and our Bristol to Prague route following suit from Thursday (July 4).

“Both routes will operate four times per week, with our Prague route increasing to soix flights per week in October, offering our customers even more choice at the lowest fares when booking their summer getaways.”

Fuerteventura and Prague are just two of the six new routes that Ryanair will operate to/from Bristol Airport this summer (36 total routes).