Ryanair plans Girona expansion
Ryanair will add five new aircraft at its Barcelona Girona base as part of a major expansion.
The extra aircraft will increase Ryanair’s Girona routes to 75 and passenger numbers to 8 million a year by 2012.
Ryanair deputy CEO Michael Cawley said: “Ryanair started flying from Barcelona Girona, our first Spanish airport, in 2002 and the partnership has been a phenomenal success.
“This expansion will see Ryanair’s investment at the airport rise to 14 aircraft worth $1 billion.
“We congratulate the Catalan region’s success in securing this low cost agreement against robust competition from other low cost, efficient European airports which will now place business and tourism throughout Catalonia on a fast track for growth”.
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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