01.03.05
RYANAIR ANNOUNCE RECORD 200,000 ADVANCE BOOKINGS AT SHANNON
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 low fares airline today (Wednesday, 2nd March 2005) announced record advance bookings at its new Shannon base, which starts on 3rd May 2005. In just 3 months since the 9 new routes were announced, over 200,000 bookings have been recorded on the Shannon routes. In the first year of operations, Ryanair expect to carry over 1.5 million passengers through its new base at Shannon Airport.
Speaking in Shannon today, Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary said:
“Over ONE MILLION European visitors will travel this year to Shannon and the Mid West of Ireland sustaining 1,500 jobs in the tourism industry thanks to Ryanair’s low fares and Shannon airport’s low costs.
“To celebrate these record bookings we are offering 10,000 free* seats on our Shannon routes to the UK: Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham and London (Luton, Gatwick and Stansted) and 10,000 seats from only €9.99* on our Shannon/Europe routes (Stockholm, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Paris, Milan and Barcelona). We would urge passengers to book early at http://www.ryanair.com as seats this cheap will be snapped up quicklyâ€.
Booking Period Wed 2nd March – midnight Sun 6th March 2005
Travel Period 3rd May 2005 – 30thJune 2005
Applicable days Mon – Thurs
Blackout Periods 26/05/05 – 30/05/05 & 02/06/05 – 06/06/05
*One way exclusive of airport taxes and charges
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Cheers,
White Cap
