Ryanair announce huge European expansion

Ryanair has announced new routes from 7 British Airports, Birmingham, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newquay as part of its biggest ever European expansion which sees 50 new European routes in 2008, including 3 new airports, Angouleme (France), Arad and Constanta (Romania). This brings Ryanair’s network to over 600 routes for summer 2008.

Announcing this expansion, Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said;

“Next year almost 60 million passengers will enjoy Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares across Europe. Passengers at 15 of our European bases are already set to benefit from this expansion, with a total of 50 new routes already announced for 2008. We look forward in 2008 to guaranteeing the lowest fares for even more European consumers as they save €6bn with Ryanair compared to the high fares and fuel surcharges levied by Europe’s flag carriers.

“To celebrate the roll out of Ryanair’s largest ever European expansion we are releasing 2 million seats across our 605 European routes for just £10/ €10. This offer must end at midnight Thursday, so we advise passengers to go straight to Ryanair.com because these bargains will be snapped up in record time”.