Ryanair opens new airbase in Faro

Ryanair opens 39th base in Faro

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Ryanair has announced that it would open its 39^th base at Faro, Portugal, in March 2010 with 6 based aircraft and 14 new routes (28 in total) being launched. Ryanair will create over 300 direct jobs and offer over 200 weekly flights to/from Faro in an investment of over $400 million in the airport...

Ryanair's 14 new routes from Faro to Billund, Birmingham, Derry, Eindhoven, Kerry, Knock, Madrid, Marseille, Maastricht, Milan (Bergamo), Oslo (Rygge), Paris (Beauvais) and Stockholm (Skavsta) will increase Ryanair's traffic at Faro to 1.3million p.a. which will sustain 1,300 well paid local jobs in the region.

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said, "Ryanair is delighted to announce Faro as our 39^th base with 14 new routes from next March. With a total of 28 low fare routes from Faro next summer Portuguese consumers and visitors can beat the recession by choosing Ryanair's lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee on 28 exciting destinations all over Europe including France, Italy and Germany among others. Ryanair's 1.3m passengers p.a. will sustain 1,300 jobs locally at Faro Airport."

 

Source themovechannel.com