12th Apr 2006 09:15
Ryanair Holdings PLC12 April 2006 RYANAIR LAUNCHES NINE NEW ROUTES FROM FRANKFURT HAHN TO FEZ, GRANADA, KAUNUS, KRAKOW, MARRAKESH, MURCIA, TRIESTE, VERONA, WROCLAW FROM €2.99* Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 12th April 2006)announced nine new routes from its Frankfurt Hahn base to Granada and Murcia inSpain, Trieste and Verona in Italy, Krakow and Wroclaw in Poland, Kaunus inLithuania and Fez and Marrakesh in Morocco. The new routes will operate at least3 times weekly from the 25th October 2006 and bring the total number ofdestinations served by Ryanair from Frankfurt Hahn to 36. In addition to the 9new routes, Ryanair will also increase frequency on the London service from 4 to6 flights daily and the Oslo service from 1 to 2 flights daily. Today's newservices will increase the annual passenger numbers at Frankfurt Hahn by over 1Million to 4.3 Million passengers in 2007. From October 2006, Ryanair will base 2 additional Boeing 737-800 inFrankfurt-Hahn as part of the $1 billion multi year expansion bringing the totalnumber of based aircraft at Hahn to 9. Speaking in Frankfurt Hahn today, Ryanair's Sales & Marketing Manager forGermany, Caroline Baldwin said: "Ryanair launched its first service from Frankfurt Hahn in April 1999 and since then passenger numbers have increased from 90,000 in 1999 to 4.3 Million in 2007. Today, we are delighted to add nine new routes and increased frequencies to London and Oslo from Frankfurt Hahn, which will deliver 1,000 new jobs and 1,000,000 additional passengers per annum. "To celebrate the launch of these 9 new routes Ryanair is launching a €3,000,000 seat sale on all routes from Germany, available from today on www.ryanair.com and we recommend that passengers book early as demand will be very strong". * One Way Excluding Taxes & Charges New Routes Destination Days Fare* From Commencement Date FEZ - 2 - 4 - 6 - • 5.99 26th October GRANADA - 2 - 4 - 6 - • 2.99 26th October KAUNUS 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 • 2.99 25th October KRAKOW 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 • 2.99 25th October MARRAKESH 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 • 5.99 25th October MURCIA 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 • 5.99 25th October TRIESTE - 2 - 4 - 6 - • 2.99 26th October VERONA 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 • 2.99 25th October WROCLAW 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 • 2.99 25th October Ends. Wednesday, 12th April 2006 For further information: Caroline Baldwin - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray ConsultantsTel: +44-1279-666214 Tel: +353-1-4980300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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