13th Jul 2005 10:45
Ryanair Holdings PLC13 July 2005 RYANAIR LAUNCHES 8 NEW ROUTES TO BRITAIN 4 TO LIVERPOOL, 2 TO LONDON, 1 TO NEWCASTLE & GLASGOW LAUNCHES EUROPE WIDE SEAT SALE - 3M REASONS TO VISIT LONDON In London today (Wednesday, 13th July 2005) Ryanair, the largest passengerairline in the UK-European market and the number one carrier of overseasvisitors into London unveiled 8 new routes for this Winter's schedule, includingtwo new destinations with daily flights from London Stansted to Toulon in theSouth of France and Krakow in Poland. Ryanair also unveiled four new routes fromits Liverpool base to Oslo, Riga, Carcassonne and Bergerac, as well as a newroute from Newcastle to Oslo and from Glasgow Prestwick to Krakow. As part ofthis expansion a fifth aircraft will now be based in Liverpool from 27thSeptember next. Ryanair also announced this morning that it would launch a major tourism driveto encourage visitors to come to London by releasing 3 million seats at a priceof just £1 or €1 plus taxes, which have gone on sale on Ryanair's website atwww.ryanair.com for travel during August, September and October 2005. This seatsale will be backed up with a Pan European £5 million advertising campaign overthe next 3 months featuring London and a range of other British cities. Speaking this morning in London, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, said: "Ryanair decided to bring forward these route launches and this seat sale from September to the middle of July because we believe the best response to last weeks terrorist attacks is for ordinary people to continue to live their lives as normal, and to continue to travel as before. It is more important than ever that the leading players in London and British tourism such as Ryanair make it even more attractive for visitors to come to London this Autumn and show the terrorists that we will not be put off by their atrocities. "We are delighted with our two new routes to London from Krakow in Poland and Toulon in the South of France and we are particularly pleased with the continued expansion of our successful Liverpool base, which is growing rapidly. We expect that traffic at Liverpool will continue to grow, particularly as the city becomes Europe's capital of culture in 2006. "These 3 million seats went on sale on our website at Ryanair.com this week and will remain available for booking until midnight on Monday next for travel during the months of August, September and October 2005. However, since seats at these low prices during the peak Summer period are a rarity, we would encourage all visitors to London to snap them up quickly as there will be huge demand for them". New Route from To Start DateLondon Stansted Krakow Oct 05London Stansted Toulon Oct 05Liverpool Oslo Sept 05Liverpool Riga Sept 05Liverpool Bergerac Feb 06Liverpool Carcassonne Feb 06Glasgow Prestwick Krakow Nov 05Newcastle Olso Sept 05 Ends.Wednesday, 13th July 2005 For further information please contact: Peter Sherrard Pauline McAlesterRyanair Murray ConsultantsTel: 353 1 8121212 Tel. 353 1 4980300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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