Ryanair piles on routes for 2008

Friday, 19 Dec, 2007 0

New routes from seven UK airports are part of aggressive expansion lans by Ryanair for 2008.

The no-frills carrier is to open 50 new routes in total next year, bringing its network for summer 2008 up to more than 600 routes.

New services from the UK will run from Birmingham, Durham Tees Vallye, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Stansted, Manchester and Newquay.

The new routes from UK airports are:

Birmingham to Barcelona (Girona), Marseille and Pisa.

Durham Tees Valley to Alicante.

Edinburgh to Alicante, Bremen, Frankfurt, Marseille and Pisa.

Liverpool to Malaga and Nantes.

Stansted to Angouleme and Faro.

Manchester to Barcelona (Girona), Bremen, Marseille and Milan.

Newquay to Alicante and Barcelona (Girona).

The airline is offering two million seats for sale at £10 for bookings made by midnight tomorrow (Thursday).

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary predicted that almost 60 million passengers would fly with the airline in 2008 as the result of expansion from 15 bases across Europe.   

by Phil Davies



 

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