Birmingham becomes Ryanair’s 25th base

Ryanair, has announced its 25th European base in Birmingham with an initial two Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($140m investment) which will deliver 20 new routes from Birmingham to Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

This will be followed by a further 8 Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($560m investment) which will deliver 5 million passengers annually, a visitor spend of £400m p.a. and sustain 5,000 jobs in the West Midlands.

Announcing Ryanair’s 25th base in Birmingham, Michael O’Leary said:

“The people of Birmingham have been woefully underserved and overcharged by British Airways and Flybe’s high fares for years. Ryanair’s new base will smash this high fare stranglehold by delivering savings of £130m next year for Birmingham’s passengers / visitors.

“Direct international routes are fundamental to the economic development of a city like Birmingham and the people of the West Midlands can now look forward to Europe’s guaranteed lowest fares and best punctuality on 22 international routes with Ryanair. This route count will more than double as a result of Ryanair’s $700m investment in Birmingham, bringing with it a significant increase in European visitors and jobs for the West Midlands.

“To celebrate the launch of our new base, we are offering all passengers who buy a return flight on any route from Birmingham (before midnight on Thursday) a free bonus flight, (no taxes, no fees and no charges*) for travel in February to Dublin or Shannon from Birmingham. This special offer must end midnight Thursday so we advise passengers to book their bargain seats today on Ryanair.com”.

*See Ryanair.com for details.