Ryanair announces largest ever expansion

Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today (5 June) announced its biggest-ever single expansion, launching twelve new UK routes as part of a package of forty new European routes for Winter 2008.

Londoners are set to enjoy seven new low fare routes - from London Luton to Beziers, Derry, Kaunas, Rzeszow, Szczecin (Poland) and Trapani (Sicily) and from London Stansted to Madrid.

UK passengers can also look forward to the lowest guaranteed fares with Ryanair from Bristol to Gdansk, Marrakesh and Szczecin, from Birmingham to Frankfurt and from Manchester to Brussels, in addition to new routes announced last week from Bournemouth and Glasgow.

Speaking today, Ryanair's Bridget Dowling said: "While other airlines are busy increasing fuel surcharges, Ryanair is busy guaranteeing the lowest fares and no fuel surcharges ever on forty new European routes.

"Passengers at twelve European bases are set to benefit from our biggest-ever single expansion, and these forty new routes will ensure passenger savings of £150m compared to the high fares levied by Europe's fuel-surcharging flag-carriers.

"To celebrate, we are giving away 250,000 one-way seats for £10, and we urge passengers to book immediately on ryanair.com because demand for our sizzling summer offers continues to be huge."

New Routes to start 27 October 08:

Bremen to: Fuerteventura, Gothenburg, Marrakesh, Tenerife.
Bournemouth to: Milan, Paris
Bristol to: Gdansk, Marrakesh, Szczecin
Brussels to: Fez, Gdansk, Manchester, Marrakesh, Riga, Tangier, Wroclaw
Frankfurt to: Birmingham, Klagenfurt, Prague
Glasgow Prestwick to: Faro, Malaga, Tenerife
London Luton to: Beziers, Derry, Kaunas, Rzeszow, Szczecin and Trapani.
Madrid to: London Stansted, Milan
Marseille to: Agadir, Brest, Lille, Nador, Tangier
Milan to: Berlin, Bournemouth, Brindisi, Fez, Ibiza, Madrid
Rome to: Alghero