Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will base two Boeing 737-800s from early November in Hamburg - a US$200 million investment.

Ryanair Boeing 737-800/Rob Finlayson, ATW

The carrier has also detailed summer 2017 operations from Hamburg, offering 16 routes and 95 weekly flights, up 180% compared to the current schedule. Ryanair said it expects to carry 1.7 million passengers annually to/from Hamburg.

The new summer 2017 services comprise 3X-weekly services from Hamburg to Faro, Portugal and Salonika, Greece.

Also in summer 2017, the carrier plans to add seven additional frequencies to Brussels, Belgium, becoming 2X-daily. Other routes are Hamburg to Dublin, Ireland (5X-weekly); Las Palmas, Spain (2X-weekly); London Stansted (2X-daily); Manchester, UK (daily), Milan Bergamo, Italy (daily) and Sophia, Bulgaria (2X-weekly); and Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2X-daily).