The most popular low-cost airline in the world could soon be landing at Dubrovnik Airport. The City of Dubrovnik opened discussions with representatives of Ryanair yesterday. The meeting was attended by the mayor of Dubrovnik, Andro Vlahusic, the director of the Dubrovnik Tourist Board, Romana Vlasic, the deputy director of Dubrovnik Airport, Frano Luetic, and the representative of Ryanair, Luis Fernandez.

The mayor opened the meeting by pointing out the desire of the City of Dubrovnik to make Dubrovnik a year-round destination and that we wanted the city to be connected to more international and European destinations. Fernandez replied by saying that Ryanair flies to 194 destinations and has a fleet of 300 aircraft, this year it is expected that the budget airline will transport 116 million passengers, the highest number of any European company.

Ryanair have an interest in operating flights to Dubrovnik and have expressed a desire to sign a 5 to 10 year agreement. Fernandez added that he believed Dubrovnik would be a perfect city break destination, especially in the winter months, as now it was a destination open to all EU citizens.

Vlahušić noted that in comparison with the prices of other airlines Ryanair's prices were favourable and expressed his readiness to sign a multi-year contract, possibly up to 2024. It was agreed that the Dubrovnik Airport and Ryanair would continue talks in a month at which the first draft of the contract would be presented.

Meeting between the City of Dubrovnik and Ryanair goes well