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Ryanair announces Newcastle to Oslo route

24th February 2010 Print

Ryanair has announced that it will open a new route from Newcastle to Oslo-Rygge (approximately 50 kilometres south of Oslo).
 
It will commence on 19 May 2010 and operate three times per week with fares from £23.99 one way inclusive of taxes. 

Ryanair celebrated this new route by releasing 1m £5 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in late March and April (excluding Easter week).
 
These £5 “all in” fares will be available on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Friday (26 February). Ryanair’s new Oslo route will goes on sale tomorrow on ryanair.com.
 
Ryanair’s Laura McCormack said: “Ryanair is delighted to announce an exciting new route from Newcastle to Oslo. This new service will operate three times a week with fares from only £23.99 one way inclusive of taxes which will go on sale tomorrow on ryanair.com.
 
“Ryanair sells Europe’s lowest fares with a no fuel surcharge guarantee. In addition to our lowest fares we also deliver the No. 1 on-time performance across over 1,000 routes. Passengers can book our 1 million £5 seats for travel on over 500 European destinations in late March and April.  These seats can only be booked until midnight this Friday (26 February) and are sure to be snapped up fast so we urge passengers to book them on ryanair.com before they sell out.”
 
David Laws, Chief Executive of Newcastle International, said: “We are delighted with the announcement of the new flights to Scandinavia with Ryanair.
 
“We are confident that Ryanair's new low fares service to Oslo will prove very popular with travellers from Norway and the UK. Norway now becomes even easier and cheaper to reach by air from our region and is a fantastic country to visit for both holidays or business. The North-East stands to benefit from a very significant increase from tourism and inbound business.”