1st Dec 2005 10:15
Ryanair Holdings PLC01 December 2005 RYANAIR LAUNCHES 4 NEW ROUTES FROM SHANNON SHANNON - MANCHESTER, WROCLAW, ROME, MURCIA 50,000 SEATS FOR €5 (TAX INLCUDED) ON SHANNON ROUTES Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Thursday, 1st December 2005)announced four new routes from its Shannon base to Manchester, Wroclaw, Rome andMurcia. The four new routes will start on the 22nd February next and will eachoperate three times weekly. To accommodate these 4 new routes, Ryanair willclose 2 routes from Shannon to Hamburg and Stockholm from 22nd February next.This expansion includes Ryanair's first route between Ireland and Poland(Shannon - Wroclaw) and brings the total number of routes operated at theShannon base to 19. Announcing the expansion at Shannon today, Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary, said: "Ryanair launched its Shannon base in May and monthly Ryanair traffic at the airport has trebled. Ryanair has delivered dramatic growth at Shannon airport as promised. This is good news for business and tourism in the mid-west." "Today's 4 new routes to England, Poland, Italy and Spain mean that over the next year 1.5 M passengers will use Ryanair's Shannon flights, almost 1M of whom will be inbound visitors, sustaining 1,500 jobs in the mid West". "These 4 new routes are available today on www.ryanair.com and we urge passengers to book immediately as demand for these new destinations will be very strong". Ends. Thursday, 1st December 2005 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray ConsultantsTel: 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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