Ryanair announce Edinburgh expansion
14.01.09
Ryanair has announced the launch of seven new routes from Edinburgh Airport, bringing its total routes to 30 and making the airport its biggest Scottish hub. The budget airline will also add two Boeing 737-800 planes to its Edinburgh base.
The new routes, which begin between 30 March and 1 April, are Carcassonne, Limoges and Poitiers in France, Leipzig (Altenburg) in Germany, Zadar in Croatia, Rome and Malta. All but Rome and Malta are new routes for Scotland. There will also be more flights from Edinburgh to Alicante and Düsseldorf (Weeze) this spring. Tickets are already on sale for the new routes, which are part of a £70m expansion by the airline.
Ryanair claimed the changes will increase annual passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport to almost two million, sustain 2,000 jobs and bring almost £210m in tourism money to Edinburgh. Gordon Dewar, the airport's managing director, said the expansion was a ‘fantastic vote of confidence’ in the city.
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