RYANAIR has launched flights from Bournemouth to Chania and Rhodes.
The new routes both will operate twice per week as part of Ryanair’s summer 2025 schedule.
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Chania, located in Crete, Greece, is known for its 14th-century Venetian harbour, narrow streets and waterfront restaurants.
When exploring the harbour, visitors can see a 16th century lighthouse and the Nautical Museum with model ships, naval objects and photographs.
The flight from Bournemouth to Chania takes around 3hr45 and flights start from £34.99 per way.
Rhodes, also in Greece, is the largest of Greece’s Dodecanese islands.
It is home to many beach resorts, ancient ruins and a thriving old town, with medieval streets.
Rhodes is also home to a beach resort that’s an ‘adult playground’ has live music at breakfast, huge pool and outdoor cinemas.
Named Elissa, it is an indoor playground, with boutique shops, tennis courts, fitness studios and a spa.
One-way flights from Bournemouth to Rhodes cost from £51.19.
The new routes are two of 21 routes that the airline is operating to/from Bournemouth Airport this summer.
Ryanair’s comms director, Jade Kirwan, said: “Ryanair is pleased to see the first flights of our new Summer 2025 routes from Bournemouth to Chania and Rhodes take-off today carrying lots of happy holidaymakers.
“These exciting new Summer 2025 routes will both operate two times per week, offering our UK customers even more choice at the lowest fares when booking their summer 2025 getaways”
Ryanair’s boss also recently warned of record flight delays this summer – with the UK now fifth worst in Europe and is expected to get worse.
Comments from the CEO, Micheal O’Leary, came after the airline revealed Europe’s worst air traffic control centres (ATCs) for delays and the UK has come in fifth worst with thousands of Brits impacted.
Of Ryanair’s flights between January 1, 2025 and May 26, 2025, 1,642 flights to/from the UK had been delayed.
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In total, this meant that nearly 300,000 British passengers were impacted and experienced flight delays.
Ryanair stated that the European Commission and European governments “have taken no action to fix their shoddy ATC services and ATC delays will now be even worse in summer 2025”.
The CEO added that if staff shortages and ATC issues are not sorted, there will be “record ATC flight delays this summer”.
In January, Ryanair also announced that it was to launch five new routes from a UK airport in time for the summer holidays.
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