Ryanair -London Stansted -70M PASSENGER RECORD

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Ryanair News Release--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

24.02.06
RYANAIR SOARS WITH 70M PASSENGER RECORD
IN LONDON STANSTED

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 low fares airline, today (Friday, 24th February 2006) confirmed that it had carried 70 million passengers since it began flying to/from London Stansted in 1989.

Ryanair now operates 301 low fare routes (88 to/from Stansted) across 22 European countries and this year will carry more than 40 million passengers.

Speaking today, Peter Sherrard, Ryanair’s Head of Communications said:

“Since 1989 over 70 million passengers have chosen Ryanair’s flights for the lowest fares and unbeatable customer service to / from Stansted. In doing so, they have saved more than £7 billion compared to the high fares of British Airways.

“All over Europe, record numbers of passengers are choosing Ryanair. This month Ryanair will have carried:

115M passengers in the UK since 1985
30M passengers in Italy since 1998
16M passengers in Germany since 1999
12M passengers in Spain since 2002
“No other airline beats Ryanair’s low fares, punctuality or customer service and that is why millions of passengers choose us as their number 1 for travel abroad, making Ryanair the World’s Favourite Airline”.