BUDGET airline Ryanair says its winter schedule from Leeds-Bradford Airport is expected to carry more than 800,000 passengers.

The Irish carrier, which operates a regional hub at airport, will operate ten routes on its 2015 winter schedule, including extra flights to Alicante, up from three to four a week, Gdansk, up from two to four weekly flights, and Malaga, which increases from two to three weekly flights. Routes also include Dublin, Lanzarote and Malta Ryanair has launched its Leeds Bradford winter schedule a month earlier than 2014, and is offering customers allocated seating, a free second carry-on bag, reduced fees, also has a new website and app with boarding passes. along with family and business-focused services.

Maria Macken, Ryanair’s sales and marketing manager, said: “Ryanair is pleased to launch our biggest ever Leeds Bradford winter 2015 schedule, with ten routes which will deliver over 835,000 customers per annum.”