Ryanair announce Barcelona expansion
02.04.08
Ryanair has announced that it will base 5 new aircraft at Barcelona Girona Airport. It will launch an additional 75 routes by 2012, increasing its passenger numbers at the hub to around 8 million a year and generating a visitor spend of €1.2 billion per annum to the Catalan region, a spokesman said.
Michael Cawley, Deputy Chief Executive of Ryanair, said: ‘We started flying from Barcelona Girona, our first Spanish airport, in 2002 and the partnership has been a phenomenal success, bringing Europe's lowest fares to millions of Catalans and providing the region with millions of visitors from all over Europe.'
‘This expansion will see Ryanair's investment at the airport rise to 14 aircraft worth $1 billion. It will support 8,000 jobs in the region, including 500 highly paid Ryanair pilot, cabin crew and engineering positions.’
‘We congratulate the Catalan region’s success in securing this low cost agreement against robust competition from other low cost, efficient European airports which will now place business and tourism throughout Catalonia on a fast track for growth’.
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