Ryanair announce Leeds Bradford base
12.08.09
Ryanair has announced that it will launch its 34th base at Leeds Bradford Airport in March 2010. It will base two aircraft at the airport and add 14 new routes, making a total of 17 routes and 63 weekly return flights.
The new flights, all from £10 one way including taxes, are to Carcassonne, Faro, Ibiza, Knock, Krakow, Limoges, Malaga, Malta, Montpellier, Murcia, Nantes, Palma, Pisa and Venice Treviso. Ryanair already flies from Leeds Bradford to Alicante, Girona and Dublin. The new routes will increase Ryanair’s traffic at the airport to 1 million passengers a year.
To launch the new flights, the budget airline is releasing 1 million £5 seats for travel across its European network for travel in October and November, which are available for online booking until midnight Thursday (August 13).
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said: ‘We are delighted to announce Leeds Bradford as our 34th base and our 11th UK base airport. These 14 new routes from Leeds Bradford go on sale tomorrow.
John Parkin, Leeds Bradford Airport's Chief Executive, said: ‘This is a great vote of confidence in the potential of both the airport and our region from Europe's largest airline. Today's announcement makes us an exception in the sector and will help create much needed jobs. It shows Ryanair shares our confidence in the tremendous opportunity for strong growth at the airport.'
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg it | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit
To book leeds bradford airport hotel or leeds bradford airport car park at the lowest price, click on these links to two great leeds bradford airport parking and leeds bradford airport hotels price comparison pages.
