News Release
29.09.04
RYANAIR EXPANDS TO 16 ROUTES FROM MILAN $120M INVESTMENT – 2 NEW AIRCRAFT
7 NEW EUROPEAN ROUTES TO HOLLAND - NORWAY – SPAIN – UK
Ryanair , Europe’s No.1 low fares airline, today (29 th September 04) announced it is to expand its base at Milan Orio al Serio airport from 3 to 5 based aircraft, representing a further investment of $120M, and also announced 7 new European routes from Milan to Oslo (Norway), Eindhoven (Holland), Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza (Spain) and Liverpool & Newcastle(UK). In addition, Ryanair also announced its 22 nd route from its Frankfurt (Hahn) base to Klagenfurt in Austria.
Ryanair , which is already Italy’s favourite airline for Europe, began flying from Milan Orio al Serio in April 2002, and already operates 9 low fare international routes from Milan. This year Milan Orio al Serio will have almost 2.0M Ryanair passengers, saving €200M over the high fares charged by Alitalia.
Announcing the new routes in Milan today, Ryanair’s Head of Marketing for Europe, Sinead Finn said:
“We opened our 1 st Italian base in Milan Orio al Serio in February 03, and today we are significantly increasing the size of our base with 2 brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and 7 new routes, bringing a total investment by Ryanair at Milan to over $300M.
These fantastic new destinations, which are on sale right now at http://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!â€
MILAN ORIO AL SERIO TO:
FARE (from)
FREQUENCY
START DATE
OSLO
(Torp)
€5.99
DAILY
25 th FEB 05
LIVERPOOL
€5.99
DAILY
25 th FEB 05
NEWCASTLE
€5.99
DAILY
25 th FEB 05
SEVILLE
€5.99
DAILY
25 th FEB 05
VALENCIA
€5.99
DAILY
19 th JAN 05
ZARAGOZA
€5.99
DAILY
25 th FEB 05
EINDHOVEN
€5.99
DAILY
25 th FEB 05
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