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The_Bean_Counter
16th Sep 2004, 09:57
RYANAIR EXPANDS TO 11 ROUTES FROM STOCKHOLM
$60M INVESTMENT – 1 NEW AIRCRAFT 3 NEW EUROPEAN ROUTES TO GERMANY – LATVIA - SPAIN

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 low fares airline, today (Thursday, 16 th September 2004) announced it is to increase the size of its base at Stockholm Skavsta to 4 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, in a further investment of $60M, and also announced 3 new European routes from Stockholm Skavsta to Dusseldorf Niederrhein (Germany), Barcelona Girona (Spain) and Riga (Latvia).

Ryanair, which is already Sweden’s favourite low fares airline, began flying from Stockholm Skavsta in June 1997, and has already 8 low cost international routes. This year Sweden will have over 2.5M Ryanair passengers, saving €250M on the high fares of SAS.

Announcing the new routes and additional aircraft in Stockholm today, Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary said:

“We opened our Stockholm Skavsta base in April 2003, and already Ryanair is the second biggest carrier of European traffic in Sweden, and the market leader from Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo to London. Today, we are increasing the size of our aircraft base with another brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the total investment by Ryanair at Skavsta to $240M.

“Also today, in addition to our 8 low cost routes from Skavsta, Ryanair is announcing THREE NEW ROUTES from Stockholm to Dusseldorf, Barcelona Girona and Riga. These fantastic new destinations, which are on sale right now at www.ryanair.com from an incredible SEK 199! (inc. taxes) will start on 21 st February 2005. We would urge passengers wishing to grab a bargain to these great destinations to book now, as demand will be huge!”

MarkD
16th Sep 2004, 12:58
Is that 60m the list price of a 738 or what FR pays?

CargoOne
16th Sep 2004, 13:05
MarkD

you have been quicker than me..
$60m is the list price. I would be surprised if MoL paid even half of that...

jmc-man
16th Sep 2004, 13:24
I am quite happy to hear about Ryanair's new routes . However, I am less than happy at their blatant advertising being added to their press releases. As a group, we should remove the last few paragraphs of the "copied" press releases, and just leave the news bits.

jmc-man

towerview
16th Sep 2004, 18:51
JMC but then there would be nothing left but asterisks?

Runway 31
16th Sep 2004, 19:42
Press releases are usually advertising, after all is that not what they are for.

zed3
17th Sep 2004, 06:50
According to this morning's 'Limbabwean' they are also starting a daily Eindhoven-Rome .

Powerjet1
17th Sep 2004, 07:07
From Monday by the looks of it.

bacardi walla
17th Sep 2004, 09:10
...and who, from 1st November, is going to do STN-LRH, STN-AOC, STN-LDY :confused:

jabird
24th Sep 2004, 13:04
They announced PIK to NRN yesterday too. I won't paste the press release, as it keeps on talking about the "brand new destination of Dusseldorf". I initially thought they had made a radical new departure by actually flying from DUS although checking the booking form shows that they are of course using NRN.

Before any FR employee flames me, I'm not against Ryanairports per se (I'm well aware of their pros and cons), I just wish they'd be more clear with their labelling, and yes, I know it does have a DUS designator, but it is still many miles from the city.

james170969
24th Sep 2004, 13:19
How far from Dusseldorf is Nederrhein Airport? How long does it take to get to Dusseldorf?

Runway 31
24th Sep 2004, 13:45
How far from Dusseldorf is Nederrhein Airport? How long does it take to get to Dusseldorf?

Look up thre RYR website under destinations and you will find out what you need to know