Amazed no one mentioned these, (Alright ABZ and INV were mentioned), superb news!
RYANAIR LAUNCHES ELEVEN NEW ROUTES FROM LIVERPOOL
TO ABERDEEN, ALGHERO, ANCONA, INVERNESS, KAUNAS, KRAKOW, POZNAN, SANTANDER, SANTIAGO, TAMPERE, WROCLAW
£2,000,000 SAVINGS SALE ON ALL LIVERPOOL ROUTES TO CELEBRATE
NEW ROUTES FROM £2.49*Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (Wednesday, 5th April 2006) announced 11 new routes from its Liverpool base to Aberdeen and Inverness in Scotland, Alghero and Ancona in Italy, Kaunas in Lithuania, Krakow, Poznan and Wroclaw in Poland, Santander and Santiago in Spain and Tampere in Finland. The new routes will operate 3 times weekly (except Aberdeen and Inverness 7 times weekly and Tampere 4 times weekly) from the 3rd October bringing the total number of destinations served by Ryanair in Liverpool to 32.
Speaking in Liverpool today, Ryanair’s deputy CEO, Michael Cawley said:
“Ryanair launched its 11th base in John Lennon Airport in November 2004 and since then traffic has increased eightfold. Today, we are delighted to be adding 11 new routes from Liverpool, which will deliver 600 new jobs, 600,000 more passengers and £80M additional tourism spend in Merseyside.
“From October, Ryanair will base its sixth and seventh Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Liverpool, bringing our investment in John Lennon Airport to over $420M bringing 2.8M passengers per annum, sustaining 2,800 jobs in the region and allowing passengers in the North West to enjoy flights for half the price of Easyjet.
“To celebrate the launch of these 11 new routes Ryanair is launching a £2,000,000 seat sale available on all routes from Liverpool, available from today on http://www.ryanair.com and we advise passengers to book early as demand will be very strong”.
NEW ROUTES
Destination Days Fare* Commencement Date
Aberdeen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 £2.49 3rd October 2006
Alghero 1 – – – 5 – 7 £2.49 3rd Oct
Ancona – 2 – 4 – 6 – £2.49 3rd Oct
Inverness 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 £2.49 3rd Oct
Kaunas – 2 – 4 – 6 – £2.49 3rd Oct
Krakow – – 3 – 5 – 7 £2.49 3rd Oct
Poznan 1 – 3 – – 6 – £2.49 3rd Oct
Santander 1 – 3 – 5 – – £2.49 3rd Oct
Santiago – 2 – 4 – 6 – £2.49 3rd Oct
Tampere 1 – 3 – 5 – 7 £2.49 3rd Oct
Wroclaw – 2 – 4 – – 7 £2.49 3rd Oct
By: redsquare - 7th April 2006 at 02:36
Don’t forget to add on the £30-60 “taxes and charges” so you get a truer picture of the fares available.
Notice how it’s only 600,000 more passengers on those routes from the time they start them until the end of time, and not an annual 600,000 pax. So it seems blindingly obvious that they are lumbered with an enourmous 738 order and are doomed to spend forever and a day adding “thin” and “thinnner” routes.
Butif they mean annually, it’s just 66% loads (calculation performed on a steam-driven abacus). Bit less than what they carry at the moment => yield won’t be too great if there are plenty of free seats!
As Robertt says, what a load of cack. £45.00 return taxes charge is what BA.com is quoting for MAN-ABZ with Ryanair.com quoting taxes of £25.96 with a total fare of £30.94 return all-in. It’s the same for all the routes out of MAN. The £16 ‘fuel surcharge’ doesn’t do any favours for BA.
The 600,000 pax per year is a pessimistic standard forecast which estimates 300,000 pax per aircraft per year. Ryanair will have absolutely no problems placing aircraft ever (TOP SECRET..watch out for even more orders before the year end). Pax loads in Spain and Italy are at bursting point and they will see lots of new bases in the near future. 🙂
It’s the maturity of the UK market which means that priority is with the UK regions at the moment in order to prevent rivals from getting a grip on the market. MOL has stated that he still sees ‘huge potential’ in the UK regions ie outside London.
By: keltic - 6th April 2006 at 17:16
YESSSSSSS. Liverpool- Santiago my hometown. Already booked. I have travelled to Liverpool many times. Having to make many connections, at last I will fly non stop.
By: Robertt - 6th April 2006 at 09:28
Don’t forget to add on the £30-60 “taxes and charges” so you get a truer picture of the fares available.
I don’t agree.
Total taxes for a return LPL-INV with Ryanair = £25.00. Total taxes with Eastern MAN-INV £45.60. In fact, at the moment the total tax inclusive fare with Ryanair is less than the taxes and charges levied by Eastern.
Ditto bmi on MAN-ABZ. Total taxes £45.00, again more than the total tax inclusive fare available with Ryanair.
Rob
By: bmi-star - 6th April 2006 at 00:47
Hello from Vancouver!!!
Bloody ell where did that come from!!! Fantastic news for us ooop north!
By: murph - 5th April 2006 at 23:32
The Polish explosion begins!!!
By: David Kerr - 5th April 2006 at 22:38
Don’t forget to add on the £30-60 “taxes and charges” so you get a truer picture of the fares available.
Notice how it’s only 600,000 more passengers on those routes from the time they start them until the end of time, and not an annual 600,000 pax. So it seems blindingly obvious that they are lumbered with an enourmous 738 order and are doomed to spend forever and a day adding “thin” and “thinnner” routes.
Butif they mean annually, it’s just 66% loads (calculation performed on a steam-driven abacus). Bit less than what they carry at the moment => yield won’t be too great if there are plenty of free seats!
By: gingerheid - 5th April 2006 at 21:50
It’s interesting that again these are practically all 3 a week. I take it the obvious routes are pretty much almost taken now!
By: tomfellows - 5th April 2006 at 21:30
Good luck to Ryanair with these new routes – I’m sure they’ll be a great success like practically all of their other services
By: Richard Taylor - 5th April 2006 at 20:44
£2.49!!!!
How DO Ryanair do it ??!!
OK, it’s a rhetorical question !
By: philgatwick05 - 5th April 2006 at 20:10
Aberdeen and Inverness are short sectors! Good news for all you scousers out there!
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