Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

RYANAIR TO OPEN NEW CORFU BASE (NO. 75)

14th Oct 2015 09:52

RNS Number : 2225C
Ryanair Holdings PLC
14 October 2015
 



 

RYANAIR TO OPEN NEW CORFU BASE (NO. 75) & DOUBLE TRAFFIC

 

1 BASED AIRCRAFT, $100M INVESTMENT & 11 NEW ROUTES

 

Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, today (14 Oct) announced it will open a new base at Corfu (No. 75), from April 2016, with 1 based aircraft (an investment of $100m), 11 new routes to Birmingham, Bratislava, Budapest, Cologne, Rome, Katowice, Poznan, Pisa, Rzeszow, Venice and Warsaw and more flights to Brussels Charleroi, East Midlands, London Stansted & Milan Bergamo, which will deliver 300,000 customers p.a. and support 225* "on-site" jobs, as Ryanair doubles its Corfu traffic.

 

From April, Ryanair will open a base in Corfu and deliver:

· 1 based aircraft ($100m)

· 11 new routes

· 21 routes in total

· More flights to Brussels (1 to 2 weekly), East Midlands (1 to 2), London S (4 to 5) & Milan B (4 to 5)

· 300,000 customers p.a. (+150,000)

· 225* "on site" jobs p.a.

11 New Corfu Summer 2016 Routes

Routes
Frequencies
Birmingham
2 x weekly
Bratislava
1 x weekly
Budapest
1 x weekly
Cologne
2 x weekly
Rome Fiumicino
2 x weekly
Katowice
1 x weekly
Poznan
1 x weekly
Pisa
2 x weekly
Rzeszow
1 x weekly
Venice Treviso
2 x weekly
Warsaw Modlin
1 x weekly

 

 

 In Corfu, Ryanair's Chief Commercial Officer, David O'Brien said:

 

"Ryanair is pleased to announce that we will open a new Corfu base from April, our fourth in Greece, with one aircraft and 21 routes, which will deliver 300,000 customers p.a. and support 225 jobs at Corfu Airport. Greece is a significant growth market for Ryanair, and we will continue to connect our Greek airports with Europe's major cities such as Brussels London and Milan, making Ryanair the ideal choice for business and leisure customers.

To celebrate our new Corfu base we are releasing seats for sale at prices starting from just €29.99 for travel from April and May, which must be booked by Friday (16 Oct). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out."

 

 

* ACI confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs per 1m passengers

 

For further information

please contact:

 

Robin Kiely Dimitra Apatsidou

Ryanair Ltd Ryanair Ltd

Tel: +353-1-9451949 Tel: +353 1 945 1778

[email protected] [email protected]

 

Follow us on Twitter : @Ryanair

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
MSCEAPELFLESFEF

Related Shares:

RYA.L
FTSE 100 Latest
Value8,415.25
Change7.81