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14.01.09
Ryanair Announces Expansion at 3 BasesNEW AIRCRAFT, NEW ROUTES AND MORE PASSENGERS FOR ALICANTE, BRISTOL AND EDINBURGH
1MILLION €/£1 SEATS
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced today (14th Jan) that it will add new Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Alicante (up one to four) from June, Bristol (up two to four) from July and Edinburgh (up two to four) from March in an expansion which will bring four new routes to Alicante, 12 to Bristol and seven to Edinburgh with an investment of $350million.
Ryanair’s new Alicante routes will begin on 4th June to Derry and Knock while its flights to Wroclaw will begin on 5th June with Bristol commencing 3rd July. Ryanair’s traffic at Alicante will increase to 2 million p.a. which will sustain 2,000 local jobs and deliver more than €200million in tourism revenues.
Ryanair’s new routes to/from Alicante, Barcelona, Cagliari, Eindhoven, Limoges, Malta, Montpellier, Perpignan, Rimini, Seville, Toulon and Trieste will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Bristol to almost 1.6 million per annum which will sustain 1,600 local jobs and deliver over
€180million in tourism revenues.
Ryanair will commence seven new routes at Edinburgh to/from Carcassonne, Limoges, Leipzig (Altenburg), Malta, Poitiers, Rome and Zadar and increased frequencies to Alicante and Dusseldorf - Weeze from the end of March which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Edinburgh to almost 2 million p.a. which will sustain 2,000 local jobs and deliver more than €200million in tourism revenues for Edinburgh.
Ryanair celebrated the announcement of these new aircraft, routes and increased traffic by releasing 1million €/£1 seats for travel across its European network in February and March which are available for booking on www.ryanair.com before midnight Monday 19th January.
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
“Alicante, Bristol and Edinburgh today celebrate new aircraft and new routes. These go on sale from today and are sure to be popular this summer. Ryanair passengers can continue to beat the recession by flying at Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges to exciting destinations all over Europe. Ryanair’s passengers will sustain thousands of local jobs and provide millions in tourism revenues at Alicante, Bristol and Edinburgh, while also snapping up Europe’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges.
To celebrate these new aircraft and routes Ryanair is offering 1 Million €1 seats for travel across Europe in February and March. These seats will be snapped up fast and are available for booking on www.ryanair.com before midnight Monday”.
Increased Frequencies
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