Ryanair Launches 4 New Routes From Manchester
BIGGEST EVER EUROPEAN EXPANSION – 50 NEW ROUTES FOR 2008
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (18th Dec) announced 4 new routes from Manchester to Barcelona, Bremen, Marseille and Milan. These new routes will start in April and with Ryanair’s existing routes to Dublin and Shannon will deliver 600,000 passengers to / from Manchester next year, generating a visitor spend of £50m and sustaining 600 local jobs.
Today’s new routes are part of Ryanair’s largest ever new route expansion which sees 50 new routes for 2008, including 3 new airports, Angouleme (France), Arad and Constanta (Romania). In the UK, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newquay will all benefit from new route announcements today.
Speaking in Manchester, Ryanair’s Director of Scheduled Revenue, Sean Coyle said;
“Only Ryanair guarantees the lowest fares and today’s new routes are great news for Mancunian passengers who have had to put up with British Airways’ high fare stranglehold for too long. We look forward to generating £60m in savings for passengers who vote with their feet for Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares next year from Manchester.
“Ryanair is and will continue to be the largest airline in the Northwest delivering 4 million passengers through Blackpool, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool and Manchester in 2008, two years before Easyjet hopes to reach the same volumes. As usual, while Easyjet talks, only Ryanair delivers. Passengers throughout the Northwest prefer Ryanair because we are the only airline to guarantee the lowest fares.
“To celebrate the roll out of Ryanair’s largest ever European expansion we are releasing 2 million seats across our 605 European routes for just £10/ €10. This offer must end at midnight Thursday, so we advise passengers to go straight to www.ryanair.com because these bargains will be snapped up in record time”.