16.09.04
RYANAIR EXPANDS TO 11 ROUTES FROM STOCKHOLM
$60M INVESTMENT – 1 NEW AIRCRAFT 3 NEW EUROPEAN ROUTES TO GERMANY – LATVIA - SPAIN
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 low fares airline, today (Thursday, 16 th September 2004) announced it is to increase the size of its base at Stockholm Skavsta to 4 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, in a further investment of $60M, and also announced 3 new European routes from Stockholm Skavsta to Dusseldorf Niederrhein (Germany), Barcelona Girona (Spain) and Riga (Latvia).
Ryanair, which is already Sweden’s favourite low fares airline, began flying from Stockholm Skavsta in June 1997, and has already 8 low cost international routes. This year Sweden will have over 2.5M Ryanair passengers, saving €250M on the high fares of SAS.
Announcing the new routes and additional aircraft in Stockholm today, Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary said:
“We opened our Stockholm Skavsta base in April 2003, and already Ryanair is the second biggest carrier of European traffic in Sweden, and the market leader from Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo to London. Today, we are increasing the size of our aircraft base with another brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total investment by Ryanair at Skavsta to $240M.
“Also today, in addition to our 8 low cost routes from Skavsta, Ryanair is announcing THREE NEW ROUTES from Stockholm to Dusseldorf, Barcelona Girona and Riga. These fantastic new destinations, which are on sale right now at http://www.ryanair.com from an incredible SEK 199! (inc. taxes) will start on 21 st February 2005. We would urge passengers wishing to grab a bargain to these great destinations to book now, as demand will be huge!â€
STOCKHOLM SKAVSTA TO:
FARE (from*)
FREQUENCY
START DATE
BARCELONA
(GIRONA)
SEK 299
DAILY
21 st FEB 05
DUSSELDORF
(NIEDERRHEIN)
SEK 199
DAILY
21 st FEB 05
RIGA
SEK 199
DAILY
21 st FEB 05
*Inc Taxes
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