Ryanair add 17 routes as Edinburgh Airport becomes 27th base
28.02.08
Ryanair is to open 17 new routes from Edinburgh Airport and will open its 27th European base - and its second Scottish base after Prestwick - at the hub. It will base two aircraft in Edinburgh from September - at a cost of £70m - to handle the majority of the new services. Ryanair claims the expansion will sustain 1200 jobs and generate visitor spend of more than £100m based on a projected 1.2 million passengers a year.
Fares of £10 are being offered on all of the new routes until midnight on Monday. The first new route will open next month - to Alicante (4 times a week) - followed in April by Bremen (2 times a week), Frankfurt (3 times a week), Marseille (2 times a week) and Pisa (3 times a week). In June Ryanair will launch flights to Dusseldorf (2 times a week).
The bulk of the new destinations will start in September when Berlin (4 times a week), Billund (3 times a week), Bournemouth (13 times a week), Bratislava (4 times a week), Krakow (3 times a week), Lodz (2 times a week), Malaga (4 times a week), Palma (3 times a week), Poznan (3 times a week), Stockholm (4 times a week) and Wroclow (2 times a week) are to be launched. The announcement takes to 19 the total number of destinations served by Ryanair at Edinburgh. Currently it operates two routes, to Dublin (3 times a week) and Shannon (4 times a week).
The airline's scheduled revenue director Sean Coyle said: ’Edinburgh has competed successfully against airports across Europe for Ryanair's 27th base. Our 19 routes will deliver significant economic benefits for Edinburgh by capitalising on Scotland's huge tourism potential and making it cheaper and easier than ever before to get here.’
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