RYANAIR TO OPEN BUDAPEST BASE IN TWO WEEKS

RNS Number : 7797W

Ryanair Holdings PLC

03 February 2012

 



RYANAIR TO OPEN BUDAPEST BASE IN TWO WEEKS WITH 31 NEW ROUTES, 2M PAX P.A., SAVING UP TO 2,000 JOBS FOLLOWING MALEV'S CLOSURE RYANAIR FARES START FROM €9.99/HUF2,000 FROM 17 FEBRUARY

RYANAIR MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT AND
BUDAPEST AIRPORT TODAY TO FINALISE RESCUE PLAN

Ryanair, the world's favourite airline today (3^rd Feb) at a press conference in Budapest announced its intention to launch a rescue plan for Budapest and Hungarian tourism following the grounding of Malev airline last evening.  Ryanair confirmed that it will base 4 brand new Boeing 737-800 series aircraft at Budapest Airport commencing in just two weeks' time on Friday 17^th February where it will open 31 new routes, offering lower fares (€9.99/HUF2,999) than any other airline, and delivering up to 2m passengers p.a., replacing most of the traffic and routes lost by Budapest following last night's grounding of Malev.

Ryanair, which currently employs over 700 Hungarian pilots and cabin crew, will be holding an open recruitment day in Budapest on Tuesday next (7^th Feb), inviting job applications from Malev pilots, cabin crew and engineers to help Ryanair gear up for this 4 aircraft, 2m passenger p.a. base at Budapest Airport.  The International Airport Council figures confirm that this 2m pax p.a. will support 2,000 jobs at Budapest Airport.

This largest ever investment in Hungarian aviation and tourism is subject to reaching final agreement with Budapest Airport today on costs, facilities and handling, and Ryanair's Deputy CEO Michael Cawley has travelled to Budapest to finalise these negotiations with Budapest Airport and the Hungarian Government.  Because Ryanair has grounded up to 80 aircraft this winter, it has the capacity to respond immediately to the Malev grounding by moving aircraft, pilots and crews to Budapest within two weeks, in order to minimise the disruption to Hungarian consumers/visitors and tourism as a result of the Malev closure.

Ryanair's new Budapest base will start on Friday 17^th February at fares from €9.99/HUF2,999 and these 31 new routes go on sale at these HUF2,999/€9.99 fares on www.ryanair.com/hu

today.

Ryanair's 31 new routes to/from Budapest from 17 Feb

Routes	Starts	From €	Routes	Starts	From €
Alicante	APR	49.99	Manchester	FEB	9.99
Baden Baden	FEB	9.99	Munich West	FEB	9.99
Barcelona	FEB	9.99	Milan (BGY)	FEB	9.99
Birmingham	MAR	29.99	Warsaw (Modlin)	JUL	29.99
Bologna	MAR	9.99	Oslo	FEB	9.99
Bristol	MAR	29.99	Palma	APR	49.99
Brussels (CRL)	FEB	9.99	Paphos	APR	49.99
Chania	APR	49.99	Paris	FEB	9.99
Dublin	FEB	9.99	Pisa	APR	49.99
Eindhoven	APR	29.99	Rhodes	APR	49.99
Gottenburg	FEB	9.99	Rome (CIA)	FEB	9.99
Hamburg (LBC)	FEB	9.99	Stockholm (NYO)	FEB	9.99
Krakow	FEB	9.99	Thessaloniki	FEB	9.99
London (STN)	FEB	9.99	Trapani	APR	49.99
Madrid	FEB	9.99	Venice( TSF)	APR	29.99
Malaga	APR	49.99

For further information please contact:                                        

                                                                Stephen McNamara                            Joe Carmody

                                                                Ryanair Ltd                                          Edelman

                                                                Tel: [phone]                         Tel. [phone]

 

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