Ryanair Annouces Zadar Base

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Ryanair Holdings PLC

18 December 2012

 



Ryanair ANNOUNCES zADAR bASE (nO 54)

7 NEW ROUTES (16 IN TOTAL) to DUBLIN, east midlands, GOTHENBURG, HAUGESUND, LIVERPOOL, PARIS & WROCLAW  

300,000 paX AT RYANAIR'S 1^st Croatian BASE

Ryanair, Europe's only ultra-low cost airline, today (18 Dec) announced it would open its 54^th base (1^st in Croatia) at Zadar in April 2013 with one-based aircraft and unveiled 7 new routes (16 in total), to/from Dublin, East Midlands, Gothenburg, Haugesund, Liverpool, Paris and Wroclaw, as Ryanair invests over $70 million at Zadar Airport.

Ryanair will grow at Zadar in 2013 as follows:

·    1 based aircraft

·    16 routes (up 60%)

·    7 new routes: Dublin, East Midlands, Gothenburg, Haugesund, Liverpool, Paris & Wroclaw

·    68 weekly flights (up 60%)

·    300,000 pax p.a (up 60%)

·    300* "on site" jobs

Ryanair celebrated its new Zadar base by launching a 100,000 seat sale with fares starting from £8 for travel across its European network in January which are available for booking until midnight (24:00hrs) Thur (20 Dec). Ryanair's 7 new Zadar routes will begin in April and will go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow.

Speaking in Zadar today, Ryanair's Michael Cawley said:

"Ryanair is delighted to announce Zadar as our 54^th base (and our first in Croatia) and to unveil 7 new routes (16 in total) to/from Dublin, East Midlands, Gothenburg, Haugesund, Liverpool, Paris and Wroclaw, beginning in April, as part of our summer 2013 schedule, which go on sale on www.ryanair.comtomorrow.  

Croatian consumers/visitors can now beat the recession and escape Croatia Airlines' high fares and fuel surcharging by switching to Ryanair's lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee from Zadar to 16 exciting European destinations, including Dublin, London and Paris, amongst others. Ryanair's 300,000 passengers p.a. will sustain up to 300 "on site" jobs in Zadar.

To celebrate our new Zadar base, we are launching a 100,000 seat sale with fares starting from £8 for travel across Europe in January, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (20 Dec). Since seats at these crazy low prices will be snapped up quickly, we urge passengers to book them immediately on www.ryanair.com."

* ACI confirms up to 1,000 'on-site' jobs per 1m passengers

For further information

please contact:            Stephen McNamara                Joe Carmody 

                                    Ryanair Ltd                             Edelman Ireland

                                    Tel: [phone]              Tel: [phone]

 

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