Billund Airport won more Ryanair routes
Billund Airport won more Ryanair routes
Billund airport will on Thursday present two new Ryanair low-fare routes.
This means that Billund reinforces its position as the leading airport of the country in terms of serving Europe’s largest and most aggressive low-fare operator. A month ago Ryanair also chose Billund for a new route to Dublin.
Ryanair’s Nordic manager, Wilhelm Hamilton, would not reveal the names of the new destinations – this will be kept a secret until the last minute in order to obtain the largest possible media interest.
Ryanair has discovered the Danish low-fare market after the decision to abandon the air passenger duty of DKK 75 per ticket within two years. As of January 1, 2007, the duty will be gone, and this is seen as a signal that the government wants to attract the low-fare companies..
Ryanair has made the provincial airports rather than Kastrup its first priority:
»It is not only a question of the price for flying to Kastrup, it is also a question if we can get the service we want,« Wilhelm Hamilton told Børsen’s News Service.
The three new routes from Billund will double Ryanair’s total number of Danish passengers to about 400,00 in one year. Ryanair already flies to Esbjerg and Århus from London.
Borsen.dk