RYANAIR ANNOUNCES NEW BASE (NO 45) IN MANCHESTER

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Ryanair Holdings PLC

12 July 2011

 



Ryanair ANNOUNCES NEW BASE (No 45) IN MANCHESTER

26 ROUtes & 2M paX P.A. IN MANCHESTER

Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (12^th July) announced it would open its 45^th base at Manchester in October 2011 initially with two based aircraft and 17 routes, growing to four aircraft and 26 routes by summer 2012.  Ryanair's new base will deliver up to 2m passengers p.a., 2,000 jobs and up to 260 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $280 million at Manchester Airport.

Ryanair's 26 Manchester routes (listed below) go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow.

Ryanair celebrated its new 45th base in Manchester by releasing 1m £8 seats for travel in October, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (14^th July).

In Manchester, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:

"Ryanair is delighted to unveil Manchester as our 45th base with 26 routes on sale on www.ryanair.comtomorrow.  Now Manchester consumers/ visitors can beat the recession and escape easyjet's and Jet2's high fares by switching to Ryanair's lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee to 26 exciting destinations in Italy, Germany and Spain among others.  Ryanair's 2m passengers p.a. will sustain up to 2,000 jobs at Manchester Airport and in the surrounding region."

RYANAIR' S 26 MANCHESTER ROUTES

Winter Summer Alicante P P Barcelona (Gir) P P Bezier P Biarritz P Bremen P P Brussels P P Dublin P P Faro P P Frankfurt P P Ibiza P Katowice P P Madrid P P Malaga P P

Winter Summer Memmingen P P Milan P P Murcia P Oslo P P Palma P Paris P P Reus P Rome P P Rzeszow P P Tallinn P Tours P Tenerife P P Valencia P

Stephen McNamara                            Joe Carmody

Ryanair Ltd                                          Edelman

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