26th Jul 2006 11:01
Ryanair Holdings PLC26 July 2006 RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 2 NEW ROUTES FROM SHANNON TO BOURNEMOUTH & EDINBURGH ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS FROM DUBLIN TO LONDON GATWICK AND CORK TO DUBLIN Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 26th July 2006)announced two new routes from Shannon to Bournemouth and Edinburgh and added a6th daily frequency on its Dublin to Gatwick service and a 4th daily frequencyon its Cork to Dublin service. These new routes and additional frequencies willstart on 31st October. In Shannon today, Ryanair's Head of Communications Peter Sherrard said: "Ryanair's Shannon base has performed strongly this summer and has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and business in the West of Ireland. Today's new route announcements will allow passengers from the mid-West to enjoy more low fares to even more destinations. Ryanair now connects Shannon to 25 destinations, sustaining 1,700 jobs in the mid-west and delivering 1.7M passengers p.a. "From 31st October, Ryanair will also add a 4th daily flight to its Cork to Dublin service and a 6th daily flight to its Dublin to London Gatwick service which will allow an additional 200,000 passengers p.a. to enjoy the lowest fares and best punctuality between these cities. "These new routes are available for booking today on www.ryanair.com and we advise passengers to book early as demand will be very strong. NEW ROUTES FROM Destination Days Fare * Commencement Date SHANNON BOURNEMOUTH - 2 - 4 - 6 - €2.49 31st Oct 2006 SHANNON EDINBURGH -2 - 4 - 6 - €2.49 31st Oct 2006 ADDITIONAL FREQUENCY FROM Destination Fare * Commencement Date CORK DUBLIN (4 daily) €2.49 31st Oct 2006 DUBLIN LONDON GATWICK (6 daily) €2.49 31st Oct 2006 "To accommodate these new routes Ryanair will drop flights from Shannon to Luton and from Knock to Gatwick from 31st October. Both Shannon and Knock will still maintain daily services to two other London airports from this date". * One-way excluding taxes and charges Ends. Wednesday, 26th July 2006 Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants Tel: 00 353 1 8121228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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