RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 5 NEW ROUTES (UK)

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Press Release
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08.12.05
RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 5 NEW ROUTES

LONDON STANSTED TO BALATON (HUNGARY), LAMEZIA & PARMA (ITALY) AND VITORIA (SPAIN)

& 1 ROUTE FROM LONDON LUTON TO BREST (FRANCE)
CELEBRATE WITH 1 MILLION FREE SEATS* ON ALL RYANAIR ROUTES

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 low fares airline, today (Thurs, 8 th Dec) announced 5 new routes from the UK. Between 17 th Feb and 31 st March next year Ryanair will start flights from London Stansted to Balaton in Hungary, Lamezia and Parma in Italy, and Vitoria in Spain. In addition Ryanair will also start flights from London Luton to Brest in France. These are all new destinations and with Ryanair’s first ever route to Hungary, the number of countries served by Ryanair rises to 22.

Announcing these 5 new routes and 1 M free seats sale in London today, Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary said;

“With these 5 new routes Ryanair will serve 90 destinations from London Stansted and 12 destinations from London Luton and will continue to carry more passengers than BA on their entire worldwide network. British passengers and visitors continue to switch away from British Airways’ rip-off fuel surcharges and high fares in favour of Ryanair’s low fares and “no surcharge” guarantee.

“To celebrate these 5 new routes Ryanair is launching 1 MILLION free seats* on all of our routes. These seats are available this week only at http://www.ryanair.com for travel in January and February.”

*One way ex taxes

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