New Aircraft and New Routes i

RNS Number : 7645C

Ryanair Holdings PLC

19 November 2009

 



Ryanair announces 3 NEW AIRCRAFT aND 10 new routes FROM

Bristol, edinburgh, glasgow (PIK) & Liverpool

500,000 £1 CHRISTMAS SEAT SALE

Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, announced today (19th Nov) that it will invest an additional $210m in UK tourism as it bases new aircraft in Bristol (up one to five) and Liverpool (up two to eight), from 28th March, and opens ten new routes from Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Prestwick) and Liverpool Airports, from February next, which will deliver 400,000 additional passengers p.a. and sustain 400 new jobs at these airports in 2010.

All Ryanair's new routes from Bristol to Faro, Gdansk, Palma de Mallorca, Venice (Treviso) and Valencia, from Edinburgh to Tampere, from Glasgow (Prestwick) to Carcassonne and from Liverpool to Lodz, Rimini and Trapani will be available for booking tomorrow, Friday (20th Nov), on www.ryanair.com.  Ryanair will also increase frequencies on two Bristol and four Liverpool routes.

Ryanair celebrated these three new aircraft and ten new routes by extending its 500,000 £1 Christmas seat sale to midnight Friday (20th Nov), for travel in late December, which is available for booking on www.ryanair.com.

Ryanair's Stephen McNamara said:

"Ryanair is delighted to announce three new aircraft and ten new routes for Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow Prestwick and Liverpool airports which will deliver 400,000 additional passengers and sustain 400 new jobs while ensuring increased competition and choice for consumers.

"Ryanair routes at these airports deliver millions of passengers, and sustain thousands of jobs at each airport and in the surrounding regions every year.

"To celebrate these new aircraft, routes and frequencies Ryanair is extending its 500,000 £1 Christmas seat sale, for travel across Europe in late December, until midnight Friday. Since seats at these crazy low prices will be snapped up quickly, we urge passengers to book them immediately on www.ryanair.com."

New Ryanair routes:

Bristol Route Begin Faro 31 Mar Gdansk 1 Apr Palma 31 Mar Treviso 31 Mar Valencia 25 Feb Edinburgh Route Begin Tampere 1 Apr

Glasgow (Prestwick) Route Begin Carcassonne 31 Mar Liverpool Route Begin Lodz 1 Apr Rimini 31 Mar Trapani 30 Mar

Increased Frequencies: 

Bristol Route Malaga Malta

Liverpool Route Faro Krakow Poznan Wroclaw

Ends.                                              Thursday, 19th November 2009

For further information:

Stephen McNamara                     Pauline McAlester

Ryanair                                         Murray Consultants 

Tel: [phone]                 Tel: [phone]

 

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