Ryanair boosts capacity for Rugby World Cup

Ryanair has added more than 51,000 extra seats across multiple routes to France for the Rugby World Cup.

The tournament takes place across the country in September and October.

The no-frills carrier is boosting capacity on routes such as Stansted and Manchester to Marseille for England verses Argentina on September 9 and Stansted-Nice for England-Japan on September 17.

More seats are being added from Edinburgh and Dublin to Paris for Ireland playing Scotland on October 7 together with other routes covering initial stages of the competition and the quarter finals in the French capital and Marseille on October 14-15.

A Ryanair spokesperson said: “We’ve had record bookings from rugby fans travelling for what is set to be a spectacular Rugby World Cup in France. 

“To fulfil this overwhelming demand, we have added over 51,000 seats across multiple France routes from both Ireland and the UK, including Dublin–Bordeaux, Dublin–Nantes and Dublin–Paris, Edinburgh–Paris, London Stansted–Marseille and Manchester–Marseille, among many others.

“While we’re adding lots of additional capacity, we expect these seats to sell out fast.”