RYANAIR TO OPEN NEW MILAN MALPENSA BASE (NO. 73)

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Ryanair Holdings PLC

02 September 2015

 



RYANAIR TO OPEN NEW MILAN MALPENSA BASE (NO. 73)

1 BASED AIRCRAFT, $100M INVESTMENT, 4 ROUTES & 450,000 CUSTOMERS

Ryanair, Italy's No.1 airline, today (2 Sept) announced it will open a new base at Milan Malpensa (No. 73), its 15^th in Italy, from 1^st December 2015, initially with 1 based aircraft (an investment of $100m) and 4 routes to London Stansted, Comiso, Bucharest and Seville, which will deliver 450,000 customers p.a. and support 450* "on-site" jobs at Milan Malpensa Airport.

From 1^st December, Ryanair's new Milan Malpensa base will deliver:

·    1 based aircraft ($100m investment)

·    4 routes to Bucharest, Comiso, London Stansted & Seville

·    28 weekly flights

·    450,000 customers p.a.

                                                                      NEW MILAN MALPENSA BASE

Route	Frequency	Start Date
London Stansted	2 x daily	1st December
Comiso	1 x daily	1st December
Bucharest	4 x weekly	2nd December
Seville	3 x weekly	1st December

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

"Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Milan Malpensa base, opening in December, our 15^th base in Italy, initially with one based aircraft and 4 routes to London Stansted, Comiso, Bucharest and Seville, which will deliver 450,000 customers p.a. and support 450 jobs at Milan Malpensa Airport.

As Italy's No 1 airline, we are pleased to add another key primary airport to what is already Europe's largest route network, as we continue to connect Italy with Europe's major centres of business. We will continue to operate and grow at Milan Bergamo Airport and as demonstrated by the success of our dual airport strategies in Brussels, Glasgow and Rome, Ryanair will remain the ideal choice for both business and leisure customers.

To celebrate our new Milan Malpensa base we are releasing seats for sale at prices starting from just € 9.99 for travel in December and January, which must be booked by Thursday (3 Sept). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out."

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

For further information

please contact:            Robin Kiely                             John Alborante          

                                    Ryanair Ltd                             Ryanair Ltd    

                                    Tel: [phone]             Tel: [phone]

                                    [e-mail]                 [e-mail] 

 

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