Ryanair celebrates Irish winners at Cheltenham

Ryanair, sponsor of the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival Ryanair Chase, today (18 March) released 100,000 £8 seats – 10,000 for every Irish winner at this year’s Cheltenham National Hunt festival.
 
Ryanair recorded a bumper Cheltenham Festival with over 10,000 Irish passengers travelling to the festival on Ryanair’s low fares and in response to demand Ryanair added 22 extra flights including four extra St Patrick’s Day flights for the Ryanair Chase, the feature event on St Patrick’s Day.
 
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
 
“Ryanair enjoyed a bumper Cheltenham Festival with over 10,000 Irish passengers travelling on our low fares to this year’s premier race event.  To celebrate the ‘luck of the Irish’ Ryanair is releasing 100,000 seats £8 seats  - 10,000 for every Irish winner that helped to restore a little national pride to a nation remerging from the current economic climate."