Birmingham Becomes 25th Base

15th Jan 2008 09:00

Ryanair Holdings PLC15 January 2008 BIRMINGHAM BECOMES RYANAIR'S 25th BASE $700M INVESTMENT TO DELIVER 5M PAX P.A. AND 5,000 JOBS Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Tuesday, 15th January 2008)announced its 25th European base in Birmingham with an initial two Boeing737-800 aircraft ($140m investment) which will deliver 20 new routes fromBirmingham to Denmark (1), France (5), Italy (5), Norway (1), Poland (3),Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2) and Sweden (1). This will be followed by afurther 8 Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($560m investment) which will deliver 5million passengers annually, a visitor spend of £400m p.a. and sustain 5,000jobs in the West Midlands. +----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| DESTINATION | STARTS | FARE |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Barcelona | 1 April | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Biarritz | 1 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Billund | 17 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Bologna | 20 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Bratislava | 1 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Bydgoszcz | 4 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Dinard | 17 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Dublin | Operating | £10 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Gdansk | 1 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Marseille | 1 May | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Olbia | 4 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Oslo | 17 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Perpignan | 2 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Pisa | 4 April | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Poitiers | 17 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Porto | 20 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Shannon | Operating | £ 5 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Stockholm | 2 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Trieste | 18 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Reus | 18 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Rzeszow | 18 June | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+| Trapani | 2 July | £24 |+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------+ Announcing Ryanair's 25th base in Birmingham, Michael O'Leary said: "The people of Birmingham have been woefully underserved and overcharged by British Airways and Flybe's high fares for years. Ryanair's new base will smash this high fare stranglehold by delivering savings of £130m next year for Birmingham's passengers / visitors. "Direct international routes are fundamental to the economic development of a city like Birmingham and the people of the West Midlands can now look forward to Europe's guaranteed lowest fares and best punctuality on 22 international routes with Ryanair. This route count will more than double as a result of Ryanair's $700m investment in Birmingham, bringing with it a significant increase in European visitors and jobs for the West Midlands "To celebrate the launch of our new base, we are offering all passengers who buy a return flight on any route from Birmingham (before midnight on Thursday) a free bonus flight, (no taxes, no fees and no charges*) for travel in February to Dublin or Shannon from Birmingham. This special offer must end midnight Thursday so we advise passengers to book their bargain seats today on www.ryanair.com". *See www.ryanair.com for details Ends. Tuesday, 15th January 2008 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray ConsultantsTel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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