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News Release
30.03.09

Ryanair Launches Three New Italian Bases

 
 
ALGHERO, BOLOGNA & CAGLIARI
6 Aircraft, 4m Passengers p.a., 4,000 Jobs  
 
1MILLION €5 SEATS FOR TRAVEL IN MAY & EARLY JUNE
 
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (30 Mar) launched three new Italian bases (now 7 in total) at Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari Airports offering a total of
67 domestic and international routes, generating over 4m passengers p.a. and supporting 4,000 jobs in Italy. Ryanair will base 2 aircraft at each of these three airports bringing Ryanair’s total investment in Italy to 26 aircraft worth almost $2billion. 
 
Ryanair celebrated the inaugural day of its three new Italian bases by releasing 1million €5 seats for travel across its European network in May and early June. These low fares are now available for booking on www.ryanair.com.
 
Celebrating these Italian Base Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
 
“Ryanair and Italy today join in the celebration of continued low fares growth across Italy. Our three new bases in Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari will see over 4 million new passengers pass through these 3 airports over the next year on 67 low cost domestic and international routes.
 
Ryanair’s continued expansion in Italy during a time of economic recession shows the benefit of competition and low fares in Italy. Ryanair will carry over 17 million passengers to/from Italy this year and will sustain 17,000 jobs throughout the regions. Passengers can continue to beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges over Alitalias high fair, strike ridden services.
 
To celebrate these3 new Italian bases, Ryanair is releasing 1million seats at €5 including taxes and charges for travel across Europe in, May and early June. With Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares these seats are sure to be snapped up quickly so we urge passengers to book today at www.ryanair.com”.
 
 
Base
Routes
New Jobs
Alghero
27
1,600
Bologna
19
1,200
Cagliari
21
1,400

 

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