Ryanair Holdings PLC NEW POZNAN BASE ANNOUNCED (7039Z)
March 16 2017 - 8:49AM
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RNS Number : 7039Z
Ryanair Holdings PLC
16 March 2017
NEW POZNAN BASE ANNOUNCED
7 NEW ROUTES TO ATHENS, BILLUND, CASTELLON,
EILAT OVDA, MADRID, OSLO TORP & TEL AVIV
Ryanair, Poland's No. 1 airline, today (16 Mar) announced a new
Poznan base, its fifth in Poland, as it launched its biggest ever
Poznan winter schedule (2017), with 1 based aircraft (an investment
of $100m) and 7 new routes to Athens, Billund, Castellon, Eilat
Ovda, Madrid, Oslo Torp and Tel Aviv, and extra flights to London
Stansted (14 routes in total), which will deliver 500,000 customers
p.a. and support 375* jobs at Poznan Airport.
Ryanair will continue to connect Poznan with major business and
leisure centres on high frequency, low fare services, including
Dublin (3 wkly) and London (daily), with better timings and lower
fares, making Ryanair the ideal choice for Polish business and
leisure customers.
Ryanair's Poznan winter 2017 schedule will deliver:
-- 1 based aircraft
-- 7 new routes to: Athens, Billund, Castellon, Eilat Ovda,
Madrid, Oslo Torp & Tel Aviv (all 2 x weekly)
-- More winter flights to: London Stansted (daily)
-- 14 routes in total
-- 34 weekly flights
-- 500,000 customers p.a.
-- 375* "on-site" jobs p.a.
Ryanair's Poznan summer 2017 schedule is attracting record
bookings, with more frequencies to destinations for summer family
holidays including routes to Barcelona, Corfu and Malta, on lower
fares as Ryanair passes on lower fuel costs, and an even better
customer experience, as it continues to roll out its "Always
Getting Better" improvements.
In Poznan, Ryanair's Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer Juliusz
Komorek said:
"We are pleased to announce a new Poznan base, our fifth in
Poland, as we launch our winter 2017 schedule, which includes 7 new
routes to Athens, Billund, Castellon, Eilat Ovda, Madrid, Oslo Top
and Tel Aviv, more winter flights to London and 14 routes in total,
which will deliver 500,000 customers p.a. and support 350* jobs at
Poznan Airport. Our based aircraft represents an investment of
$100m, which further underlines our commitment to growing traffic,
tourism and jobs in the Wielkopolska region and we look forward to
working closely with our airport partners to deliver further growth
in Poznan. These new flights will go on sale on the Ryanair.com
website today.
We are also pleased to report record bookings on our Poznan
summer 2017 schedule and Polish customers and visitors can look
forward to even lower fares, so there's never been a better time to
book a low fare flight on Ryanair. We urge all customers who wish
to book their holidays to do so now on the Ryanair.com website or
mobile app, where they can avail of the lowest fare air travel to
and from Poznan.
To celebrate the launch of our Poznan winter 2017 schedule we
are releasing seats for sale across our European network from just
89zl, which are available for booking until midnight Monday (20
Mar). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly,
customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing
out."
ENDS
*ACI research confirms up to 750 'on-site' jobs are sustained at
international airports for every 1m passengers
For further information
please contact:
Robin Kiely Olga Pawlonka
Ryanair Ltd Ryanair Ltd
Tel: +353-1-9451949 Tel: +353-1-9451768
press@ryanair.com pawlonkao@ryanair.com
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