Reus becomes fifth Spanish base for Ryanair
Ryanair has chosen Spanish airport Reus as its 26th European base.
It will invest £140 million in two new aircraft to operate 12 routes from the airport, in Tarragona, south of Barcelona.
“We congratulate Reus for fighting off stiff competition from seven other airports across Europe to win this new base which guarantees over 1 million passengers a year,” said Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary.
“Ryanair will now develop the region’s massive untapped potential by giving the tourism industry year round low fare access to Europe’s largest cities.”
Fares on all Ryanair routes from Reus are available for €5 until midnight on Thursday (February 14).
From the UK, Ryanair already operates flights to Reus from Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Luton and Stansted.
It will add flights from Birmingham in June, and in October it will start flights from Reus to Palma, Paris, Santander, Santiago, and Seville.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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