Ryanair is to open a new base in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava from March 2015.
Bratislava will be the no-frills carrier’s first base in the country and its 71st across its entire network.
Ryanair will operate 16 routes from Bratislava including the introduction of a new service to Madrid. The airline already flies from the Slovakian capital to Stansted, Luton, Birmingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Dublin.
Two aircraft will be based at the airport offering a total of 60 flights and Ryanair is aiming to carry one million passengers per year.