Birmingham Becomes 25th Base
Ryanair Holdings PLC
15 January 2008
BIRMINGHAM BECOMES RYANAIR'S 25th BASE
$700M INVESTMENT TO DELIVER 5M PAX P.A. AND 5,000 JOBS
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Tuesday, 15th January 2008)
announced its 25th European base in Birmingham with an initial two Boeing
737-800 aircraft ($140m investment) which will deliver 20 new routes from
Birmingham to Denmark (1), France (5), Italy (5), Norway (1), Poland (3),
Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2) and Sweden (1). This will be followed by a
further 8 Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($560m investment) which will deliver 5
million passengers annually, a visitor spend of £400m p.a. and sustain 5,000
jobs in the West Midlands.
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| DESTINATION | STARTS | FARE |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Barcelona | 1 April | £24 |
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| Biarritz | 1 July | £24 |
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| Billund | 17 June | £24 |
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| Bologna | 20 June | £24 |
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| Bratislava | 1 July | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Bydgoszcz | 4 July | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Dinard | 17 June | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Dublin | Operating | £10 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Gdansk | 1 July | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Marseille | 1 May | £24 |
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| Olbia | 4 July | £24 |
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| Oslo | 17 June | £24 |
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| Perpignan | 2 July | £24 |
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| Pisa | 4 April | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Poitiers | 17 June | £24 |
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| Porto | 20 June | £24 |
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| Shannon | Operating | £ 5 |
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| Stockholm | 2 July | £24 |
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| Trieste | 18 June | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Reus | 18 June | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Rzeszow | 18 June | £24 |
+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+
| Trapani | 2 July | £24 |
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Announcing Ryanair's 25th base in Birmingham, Michael O'Leary said:
'The people of Birmingham have been woefully underserved and overcharged
by British Airways and Flybe's high fares for years. Ryanair's new base
will smash this high fare stranglehold by delivering savings of £130m
next year for Birmingham's passengers / visitors.
'Direct international routes are fundamental to the economic development
of a city like Birmingham and the people of the West Midlands can now
look forward to Europe's guaranteed lowest fares and best punctuality on
22 international routes with Ryanair. This route count will more than
double as a result of Ryanair's $700m investment in Birmingham, bringing
with it a significant increase in European visitors and jobs for the
West Midlands
'To celebrate the launch of our new base, we are offering all passengers
who buy a return flight on any route from Birmingham (before midnight on
Thursday) a free bonus flight, (no taxes, no fees and no charges*) for
travel in February to Dublin or Shannon from Birmingham. This special
offer must end midnight Thursday so we advise passengers to book their
bargain seats today on www.ryanair.com'.
*See www.ryanair.com for details
Ends. Tuesday, 15th January 2008
For further information:
Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300
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