Ryanair has extended its Liverpool winter 2016 schedule, with a new route to Marrakesh added.

It will operate twice weekly, from October 31.

This is in addition to a new route to Sofia, announced earlier, and 25 winter routes in total, which will help deliver 1.9m customers a year.

Ryanair’s Liverpool winter 2016 schedule now includes new twice weekly routes to Sofia and Marrakesh, five new winter services – to Bergerac, Gran Canaria, Pisa, Porto and Szczecin – and more flights to Alicante (five per week) and Malaga (four per week).

Ryanair’s head of communications Robin Kiely said: “We are pleased to extend our Liverpool winter 2016 schedule.

“Seats on our new route to Marrakesh are on sale now from just £24.99 and are available for booking until Monday (August 1) for travel in November. Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log on to www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Liverpool Airport’s Robin Tudor said: “We are delighted to welcome this further expansion of Ryanair’s network at Liverpool Airport with more flights on some of our key routes, and the addition of another new destination.

“This growth reaffirms the airport’s commitment to expanding international connections for the region, providing more choice to the travelling public, not only in the city of Liverpool but from across the North West and North Wales.”