Ryanair announces 19th European base

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today has announced its 19th European base in Dusseldorf Weeze. From June 2007, Ryanair will invest €140M in two new aircraft and 10 routes. Ryanair will deliver 1 million passengers in its first full year, rising to 2 million from 2008.

These 2 million passengers will create 2,000 local jobs and enable passengers to fly for a fraction of the fares charged at Dusseldorf International airport.

Destination & Frequency

Alghero - 3 x week
Alicante - Daily
Barcelona - Daily
Glasgow - 4 x week
London - 16 x week
Palma - Daily
Rome - 4 x week
Shannon - 3 x week
Stockholm - Daily
Venice - 4 x week

Announcing Ryanair’s 19th European base, Michael O’Leary, CEO said:

“Ryanair’s 19th base will revolutionise travel in the Dusseldorf area by offering passengers real low fares to 10 exciting European destinations.

“Ryanair will invest $140 million in Dusseldorf Weeze and will treble existing traffic to 2M passengers p.a. by offering more routes, lower fares and no fuel surcharges guaranteed. This will deliver a massive boost to tourism and create 2,000 new jobs in the Rheinland / Niederrhein area.”

“We look forward to offering the 35M German and Dutch consumers who live within two hours of our new Dusseldorf Weeze base, unbeatable low fares.

“To celebrate the launch of these new routes Ryanair is offering 100,000 free seats from Dusseldorf Weeze for travel until the end of June. These bargain summer seats should be booked immediately on ryanair.com”.