14th Jan 2014 11:22
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC Tuesday said it will open two new bases in Greece in April at Athens and Thessaloniki airports, part of a USD280 million investment it is making in the popular tourist destination.
In a statement, Europe's largest low-cost carrier said it will base two aircraft at Athens, and fly six new routes to Chania, London, Milan, Paphos, Rhodes & Thessaloniki. It will base a single aircraft at Thessaloniki, and fly three new routes to Athens, Pisa and Warsaw.
Ryanair's only base in Greece currently in Chania. A base means Ryanair aircraft and staff are based at the airport, and it generally flies to more destinations from a base airport. It already flies to Thessaloniki, but the new routes it is adding will bring the number of Ryanair routes from that airport to 16.
Athens is a new destination. It said it was looking forward to working with the airport to "unlock the vast potential currently suppressed by high access air costs."
By Steve McGrath; [email protected]; @stevemcgrath1
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