Ryanair Holdings PLC
25 February 2008
RYANAIR.COM REOPENS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
EUROPE'S GUARANTEED LOWEST FARES RETURN
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today announced that its website
booking engine upgrade has been completed one day ahead of schedule, allowing
Ryanair.com to return to business, guaranteeing the lowest fares on 633 routes
across Europe.
Speaking today, Ryanair's Head of Communication, Peter Sherrard said:
'Our new booking site, like our flights, has arrived under budget and
ahead of schedule. Ryanair would like to thank its customers for their
patience during this transition period and we look forward to slashing
prices again with our lowest fares and no fuel surcharge guarantee.
'Our new, improved booking engine will enable us to welcome millions of
additional passengers as we double in size to 100m passengers per annum.
'We expect to be dealing with some small bedding down issues over the
next few days and we would ask passengers to please bear with us as we
iron them out. On Tuesday, Ryanair will release 1 million seats for just
1p inclusive of taxes and charges, proving the OFT and the media's much
hyped demise of the 1p fare wrong. To get your hands on one of our
million 1 p tax inclusive seats make sure to visit www.ryanair.com on
Tuesday'.
Editor's Note
Enhancements for customers on the new Ryanair.com include:
•The additional processing power of the new system improves the website
speed for customers, especially during peak booking periods.
•The Flight Change facility is now available up to 4 hours prior to
departure at discounted rates.
•The online check-in period has been extended to 5 days before travel and
customers can now check-in for both outbound and return flights at the same
time.
•The Online Check-in system has been simplified and is now available in 8
languages.
•Priority Boarding, items of checked baggage, musical instrument and
sports, equipment can be purchased online up to 4 hours prior to flight
departure at discounted rates.
•Finding our lowest fares will now be easier with the Flexible Search
function.
•Fares will display inclusive of taxes not just on the home page as is
currently the case, but on the flight select page too.
•We have added a Manage My Booking section where customers can retrieve,
review, change and add additional services to their booking at discounted
rates.
•Improved website accessibility for vision impaired customers.
Ends. Monday, 25th February 2008
For Further Information:
Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300
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