News Release
23.01.14
Ryanair To Open Lisbon Base (No 65) In April4 NEW ROUTES TO DOLE, MANCHESTER, MARSEILLE & PISA(9 IN TOTAL)
900,000 PAX P.A. & 900 JOBS FOR LISBON
Ryanair, Europe's favourite low fares airline, today (23 Jan) announced it would open its 3rd Portuguese base (65 in total) at Lisbon in April 2014 with one based aircraft and 4 new routes (9 in total) as Ryanair invests over $90m at Lisbon Airport.
From April 2014 Ryanair will grow at Lisbon as follows:
- 1 based aircraft
- 4 new routes: Dole, Manchester, Marseille & Pisa (9 in total)
- 124 weekly flights
- 900,000 pax p.a
- 900* "on site" jobs
Ryanair celebrated its new Lisbon and 4 new routes base by releasing 100,000 seats on sale at prices from €17.99 for travel in Feb and Mar, which are available for booking until midnight Monday (27 Jan). Ryanair's new Lisbon routes will begin in April and will go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow.
In Lisbon today, Ryanair's Chief Commercial Officer, David O'Brien said:
Our 4 new Lisbon routes will allow Portuguese consumers and visitors to escape TAP's high fares and instead enjoy Ryanair's lowest fares and industry leading customer service and punctuality. Only Ryanair, with its 175 new aircraft order, can deliver the capacity, new markets and low costs demanded by Portuguese consumers and visitors, and looks forward to working with Lisbon Airport to unlock the vast potential currently suppressed by high access air costs.
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