If you're planning a jaunt to Slovakia's capital city then the chances are that you'll be flying Ryanair as figures published this month show the once tiny Irish carrier now shovels more than two thirds of all passengers into and out of the Eastern European state.
Mr Michael O'leary's distinctive blue and yellow jets now operate 17 routes from Bratislava to places as diverse as Brussels, Paris, Bologna, Liverpool and Alicante meaning that you can easily combine the city with other pit stops around Europe.
More people are flying in and out of the capital as well; in 2001 just 300,000 travellers took to the skies - now the figure is 2. 2 million.... |