25th Oct 2007 11:45
Ryanair Holdings PLC25 October 2007 5 DAYS UNTIL LOWEST FARE REVOLUTION COMES TO BELFAST 100,000 £5 SEATS TO CELEBRATE Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Thursday, 25th October 2007)started the five day countdown to the launch of its Belfast base by releasing100,000 seats for just £5, including taxes and charges, for travel in November,December and January across all of its new routes from Belfast City to EastMidlands, Glasgow, Liverpool and London. Ryanair's new routes from Belfast have attracted record advance bookings, with100,000 seats already sold, confirming that passengers in Northern Ireland can'tget enough of our guaranteed lowest fares. From 30th October, Ryanair will base a brand new $70m Boeing 737-800 aircraft atBelfast City Airport and will guarantee the lowest fares from any Belfastairport. If passengers find a lower fare on the same city routes with any otherairline from any Belfast or Lough Neagh airport, Ryanair will pay out double thedifference, only Ryanair guarantees the lowest fares. Speaking in Belfast today, Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said: "In just 5 day's time, Ryanair will revolutionise air travel to/from Belfast by guaranteeing the lowest fares from Belfast City or Lough Neagh airport. Over the next year, 600,000 passengers will fly with Ryanair to and from Belfast, saving £20 million compared to BMI and Easyjet's high fares, while generating a tourism spend of over £100m and sustaining 600 local jobs. "Passengers who haven't already joined Ryanair's lowest fare revolution can still do so during our five day countdown sale with 100,000 seats on offer for just £5 including taxes and charges. We urge all passengers to book straight away as demand for Northern Ireland's guaranteed lowest fares will be huge". ENDS. Thursday, 25th October 2007 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 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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