News Release
16.11.04
RYANAIR CELEBRATES 10 M PASSENGERS IN GERMANY!
70,000 SEATS FOR FREE* FROM DUSSELDORF WEEZE!
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 low fares airline, today (16th Nov.04) celebrated carrying 10M passengers in Germany and announced a fantastic 70,000 FREE* seats sale (exc. taxes) from Dusseldorf Weeze Airport. Ryanair commenced flying to/from Germany in 1999 with just 1 route from Frankfurt Hahn to London Stansted. To date Ryanair successfully operates 39 international daily routes from 8 regional airports throughout Germany.
Speaking in Dusseldorf Weeze Airport today, Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary said:
“In just 5 short years, Ryanair has grown to become Germany’s No.1 low fares airline. Today we are celebrating carrying 10M passengers and celebrating our success here at Dusseldorf Weeze by giving 70,000 ordinary German consumers the opportunity to fly for FREE!
“We started flying here to Dusseldorf Weeze in 2003, and this year we will carry over 300,000 passengers on our 5 international daily routes to/from Dusseldorf Weeze, saving consumers from the Dusseldorf region over €30M off the fares charged by high fares airlines at Dusseldorf’s “international†airport. However, Dusseldorf International Airport is desperately trying to prevent competition from Dusseldorf Weeze Airport and has gone so far as to prevent Weeze Airport from referring to “Dusseldorf†in its name, despite the fact that Weeze is officially designated by IATA as an airport serving the Dusseldorf region. This desperate act confirms the lengths that Dusseldorf International is willing to prevent competition and low fares for ordinary consumers in the region. We are confident Dusseldorf Weeze will succeed against Dusseldorf International’s anti-competitive actions.
“Unfortuately Dusseldorf International Airport aren’t the only ones trying to prevent low fares for ordinary German consumers. ADL, the “Cartel of German airlines,†are using the Commission’s flawed decision in the Charleroi case to try to limit competition in the German market. The arrangements that Ryanair has with the numerous underutilized regional and secondary airports in Germany are open to any airline who wants to deliver the kinds of passenger numbers that we do to these airports. The deals are wide open and the ADL should stop whinging and trying to limit competition and come to the low cost, efficient airports that we operate to.â€
* 70,000 FREE seats (fare of 1 cent / €0.01 applies and taxes of €16.00). See
http://www.ryanair.de for further details
Booking Period: Mon 15 Nov – midnight Mon 22 Nov – web only.
Travel Period: 29 Nov – 16 Mar (NYO from 21 Feb 05)
Applicable Days: Mon – Thu & Sat – Advance purchase 14 days
Blackout Period: 16 Dec – 05 Jan
Quelle:
http://www.ryanair.com/press/2004/nov/p ... 61104.html