Ryanair announces 5 new routes from Madrid

Ryanair announced today that it will open five new routes (44 in total) from Madrid to Ancona, Ibiza, Krakow, Oujda (Morocco) and Stockholm Skavsta from November 2010 which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Madrid to 4.5 million passengers p.a. and sustain up to 4,500 local jobs.

 Ryanair will base two new aircraft (14 in total) at Madrid and increase frequencies on five other routes to Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, London (Gatwick), Santiago and Tenerife from November.

Ryanair, also announced seven new routes (40 in total) from Rome (Ciampino) to Bari, Fez, Gothenburg, London (Gatwick), Marrakesh, Marseille and Tenerife from November 2010 which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Rome Ciampino to 4 million passengers p.a. and sustain 4,000 local jobs in the Ciampino region.  Ryanair will base a sixth aircraft at Rome (Ciampino) and increase frequencies to London (Stansted) and Paris (Beauvais) from November 2010 also.

Ryanair celebrated these new routes and increased frequencies by releasing 500,000 £6 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September, which are available for booking until midnight Monday (9th August).  Ryanair’s five new Madrid and seven new Rome Ciampino routes go on sale on ryanair.com tomorrow (6th August).

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
 
“Rome and Madrid today celebrate new Ryanair routes in November which will allow Ryanair passengers beat the recession by flying at Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges to exciting destinations all over Europe.

“To celebrate our new routes, aircraft and frequencies at Madrid and Rome Ciampino, Ryanair is releasing 500,000 £6 seats, for travel in September which are available for booking until midnight Monday.  Since seats at these crazy low prices will be snapped up quickly, we urge passengers to book their flights immediately on ryanair.com.”