Further Ryanair summer expansion

Tuesday, 04 Feb, 2010 0

More new routes fom Stansted and East Midlands airport have been added by Ryanair.

The budget carrier is to serve Fez in Morocco, Figari in Corsica and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands from Stansted this summer.

Flights Figari and Fez start on May 4 and to Fuerteventura on May 5 with fares starting at £31.99 one way inclusive of taxes and charges.

East Midlands will gain services to Fuerteventurafrom May 2 and Venice Treviso from May 5 with fares leading in at £29.99 one way inclusive of taxes and charges.

The rates apply to bookings until midnight on February 11.

The expansion by the airline also includes flights from Cork starting in June to Alicante, Barcelona (Reus), Bordeaux, Faro, La Rochelle, Lanzarote and Malaga.

Luton will gain flights to Bratislava from April and Knock will have a Barcelona service.

The airline has already announced new flights from Bristol to Bydgoszcz and Kaunas from May 3 (see previous TravelMole story).

The new services come as Ryanair opens 25 new routes across Europe from April.

"Ryanair will continue to grow as other airlines pull routes and reduce capacity," a spokesman said. "With passengers becoming increasingly price sensitive, Ryanair will continue to expand."

by Phil Davies