Click here to read Ryanair's press release today, shown below.
Ryanair Announces 4 New Manchester Routes to Alicante, Faro, Madrid & Tenerife
MAN – DUBLIN ROUTE RAISED FROM 4 TO 6 FLIGHTS DAILY
5 ROUTES, 600,000 PAX & 600 JOBS AT MANCHESTER
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (26th Jan) announced four new low fare sun routes from Manchester to Alicante, Faro, Madrid and Tenerife and increased frequencies on its Dublin route (from four to six flights daily) as it unveiled its Manchester summer 2011 schedule. Ryanair’s five Manchester routes will offer the lowest fares to Ireland, Portugal and Spain and deliver passenger savings of over £6m this year compared to the higher fares of Easyjet, Jet2 and Monarch. Ryanair will grow to over 600,000 passengers in 2011 at Manchester Airport, sustaining 600 jobs.
Ryanair also announced a new twice weekly service from Humberside Airport to Alicante starting from 12 April. To celebrate its five low fares Manchester and Humberside routes Ryanair released 1m £7 seats for travel across 500 European routes in February. These £7 seats must be booked on www.ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Monday 31
st Jan. Ryanair’s four new low fares sun routes from Manchester go on sale on
www.ryanair.com on Thursday 27
th and flights begin on the 14
th April next, just in time for the Easter school holidays.
Speaking in Manchester, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
“Manchester today celebrates four new low fares Ryanair sun routes to Alicante, Faro, Madrid and Tenerife and increased frequencies on its Dublin route. We expect Ryanair’s five Manchester routes to deliver 600,000 passengers and sustain 600 jobs in Manchester while saving passengers over £6m in 2011 on the fares offered by Manchester’s high fares airlines.
“To celebrate our Manchester summer schedule Ryanair is releasing 1m £7 seats for travel across Europe in February. Since seats at these crazy low prices will be snapped up quickly, we urge passengers to book them immediately on www.ryanair.com.”
FIVE RYANAIR LOW FARES MANCHESTER ROUTES
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Route
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Easyjet
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Jet2
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Monarch
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Aer Lingus
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Ryanair
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Alicante
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£38.99
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£39.99
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£29.99
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Faro
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£39.99
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£48.99
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£29.99
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Madrid
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£39.99
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Tenerife
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£65.99
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£49.99
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£69.99
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£39.99
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Dublin
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£29.99
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£15.99
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*Comparison of cheapest one-way fares (incl taxes and charges) available 14th April -31st August