Ryanair News
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News Release
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05.06.08
Ryanair Announces Biggest Ever Expansion
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40 NEW ROUTES FOR WINTER 2008
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12 NEW ROUTES FROM BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, LONDON, MANCHESTER
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Ryanair, Europe=E2=80=99s largest low fares airline, today (5th June)
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biggest ever single expansion, launching 12 new UK routes as part of a=20
package of 40 new European routes for winter 2008. Londoners are set to=20
enjoy 7 new low fare routes, from London Luton to Beziers, Derry, Kaunas,=
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Rzeszow, Szczecin (Poland) and Trapani (Sicily) and from London Stansted
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Madrid. UK passengers can also look forward to the lowest guaranteed
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with Ryanair from Bristol to Gdansk, Marrakesh and Szczecin, from=20
Birmingham to Frankfurt and from Manchester to Brussels, in addition to
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Speaking today, Ryanair=E2=80=99s Bridget Dowling said:
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=E2=80=9CWhile other airlines are busy increasing fuel surcharges, Ryanair
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guaranteeing the lowest fares and no fuel surcharges ever on 40 new=20
European routes. Passengers at 12 European bases are set to benefit
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our biggest ever single expansion, and these 40 new routes will ensure=20
passenger savings of =C2=A3150m compared to the high fares levied by
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fuel surcharging flag carriers.
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=E2=80=9CTo celebrate, we are giving away 250,000 one-way seats for
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urge passengers to book immediately on www.ryanair.com because demand for=
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our sizzling summer offers continues to be huge.=E2=80=9D
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