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News Release

28.08.12

Ryanair Opens 2 New Manchester Routes To Gdansk And Riga

Ryanair, Britain’s only ultra-low cost airline, today (28 Aug) announced two new winter routes from Manchester to Gdansk and Riga, (from Nov 2012), as Ryanair expands its winter Manchester schedule to 18 routes, which will deliver over 1.3m passengers p.a., sustaining 1,300* “on site” jobs at Manchester Airport.

Ryanair celebrated its 2 new Manchester routes to Gdansk and Riga by launching a 100,000 seat sale, at prices from £12 for travel across Europe on Tues, Wed and Thur in September, October and November, which are available for booking until midnight Thur (30 Aug). Ryanair’s new Manchester flights to/from Riga and Gdansk go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow.

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:

“Ryanair is pleased to announce 2 new Manchester routes to Gdansk and Riga from Nov 2012 as we grow our winter Manchester schedule to 18 routes, which will deliver over 1.3m passengers p.a. at Manchester Airport, sustaining over 1,300 “on-site” jobs.

“To celebrate these two new routes, Ryanair is launching a 100,000 seat sale, at prices from £12 for travel across Europe in September, October and November, which are available for booking until midnight Thur (30 Aug). Since seats at these crazy low prices will be snapped up quickly, we urge passengers to book them immediately on www.ryanair.com.”

18 MANCHESTER WINTER ROUTES

1 Alicante	10 Madrid
2 Barcelona (Gir)	11 Malaga
3 Bremen	12 Milan
4 Brussels	13 Oslo
5 Budapest	14 Riga *New*
6 Dublin	15 Rome
7 Faro	16 Rzeszow
8 Gdansk *New*	17 Tenerife S
9 Katowice	18 Warsaw

* ACI confirms up to 1,000 ‘on-site’ jobs per 1m pax