New Routes

Ryanair Holdings PLC 08 September 2004 RYANAIR EXPANDS TO 17 ROUTES FROM ROME CIAMPINO $120M INVESTMENT - 2 NEW AIRCRAFT 5 NEW EUROPEAN ROUTES TO GERMANY - SPAIN - UK Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 8th September 2004) announced it is to double the size of its base at Rome Ciampino to 4 based aircraft, representing a further investment of $120M, and also announced 5 new European routes from Rome Ciampino to Dusseldorf Niederrhein (Germany), Valencia (Spain) and Nottingham East Midlands, Liverpool & Teeside (UK). Ryanair, which is already Italy's favourite airline for Europe, began flying from Ciampino in April 2002, and has already 12 low cost international routes operating from its Ciampino base. This year Ciampino will have over 2 million Ryanair passengers, saving €200 million on the high fares of Alitalia. Announcing the new routes and additional aircraft in Rome today, Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary said: ' Veni Vidi Vici ... with Ryanair that's Europe's lowest fares! We opened our 2nd base in Ciampino in January 2004, and today we are doubling the size of our aircraft base with 2 brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing a total investment by Ryanair at Ciampino to $240 million. 'Also today, in addition to our 12 low cost routes from Rome, Ryanair is announcing FIVE NEW ROUTES from Rome to Dusseldorf, Liverpool, Nottingham, Teeside and Valencia. These fantastic new destinations, which are on sale right now at www.ryanair.com from an incredible €5.99! (excl. taxes) will start in January and February 2005. We would urge passengers wishing to grab a bargain to these great destinations to book now, as demand will be huge!' ROME CIAMPINO TO: FARE (from) FREQUENCY START DATE DUSSELDORF (NIEDERRHEIN) €5.99 DAILY 28th JAN 05 LIVERPOOL €5.99 DAILY 28th JAN 05 TEESIDE €5.99 DAILY 28th JAN 05 NOTTINGHAM €5.99 DAILY 7th FEB 05 VALENCIA €5.99 DAILY 7th FEB 05 Ryanair today also announced a new daily route from Girona to Dusseldorf-Niederrhein, commencing on 8th November 2004. Ends. Wednesday, 8th September 2004 For further information: Paul Fitzsimmons - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants Tel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 498 0300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange SCLPMMTMMBMBBI
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