Ryanair Holdings PLC
28 April 2008
Sinead Finn Appointed Director of Commercial Revenue at Ryanair
Ryanair, Europe's only low fares airline today (Monday, 28th April 2008)
announced the appointment of Ms. Sinead Finn as Director of Commercial Revenue.
In this role Sinead will be responsible for the management and development of
all ancillary revenue streams in Ryanair with the exception of in-flight
catering, and will work with Ryanair's established partners in the areas of car
hire, hotels and travel insurance as well as developing new streams to further
enhance Ryanair's industry leading performance in this area.
Announcing the appointment today, Ryanair's Deputy Chief Executive, Michael
Cawley said:
'The importance of ancillary revenues in Ryanair's business model is
reflected in this appointment of Ms. Sinead Finn as Director of
Commercial Revenue. Ryanair's ability to leverage its ever increasing
passenger traffic with commercial revenue opportunities has always been
the most innovative in the airline industry and we are confident, with
her extensive experience within Sales & Marketing and her in-depth
knowledge of the European Market, that Sinead will help the airline
maintain its industry leading performance in this crucial area of the
company's profitability'.
Ms. Sinead Finn graduated from University College Dublin with a BA Hons in 1995.
In December 1996, she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism with Honours.
In 1997, she was appointed as Marketing Executive for The Irish Tourist Board
based in Norway and was responsible for significant tourism growth and
development from Norway to Ireland. Ms. Sinead Finn joined Ryanair in June 1998
as Sales Manager for Italy. Under Ms. Finn's management, Italy, then an entirely
new market for Ryanair grew to 12 airports carrying over 4 million passengers.
In June 2002 Ms. Sinead Finn was promoted to Head of Sales and Marketing at
Ryanair with responsibility for the company's Sales and Marketing activities in
Europe. Since then, passenger numbers at the airline have grown from 13.4
million per annum to 51 million in the year ended 31st March 2008.
Ends Monday, 28th April 2008
For further information:
Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1 598 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300
Notes to Editor:
Ryanair is Europe's largest low fares airline with 27 bases and 649 low fare
routes across 26 countries. Ryanair currently operates a fleet of 163 Boeing
737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 99 new aircraft (net of planned
disposals), which will be delivered over the next 5 years. Ryanair currently
employs a team of 5,000 people and will carry circa 60 million scheduled
passengers in the current fiscal year.
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