Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary

Ryanair, Europe's top low fares airline, today announced four new routes from London, two from London Stansted to Deauville (France) and Pula (Croatia) and two from London Luton to Fez and Marrakech (Morocco). The new routes will start 31st October and bring the total number of destinations served by Ryanair from Stansted to 93 and from Luton to 12.

Ryanair also announced two new routes from Shannon to Bournemouth and Edinburgh and added a 6th daily frequency on its Dublin to Gatwick service and a 4th daily frequency on its Cork to Dublin service. These new routes and additional frequencies will start on 31st October.

Announcing the new routes from London today, Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said:

"We are delighted to announce these 4 new exciting routes that will enable Londoners to enjoy Ryanair's lowest fares and No. 1 punctuality to Croatia, France and Morocco for a fraction of the high prices charged by British Airways and Easyjet.

"Ryanair now carries more passengers than British Airways on its entire worldwide network and offers Londoners more routes to Europe than any other airline. Londoners have made Ryanair their first choice because Ryanair gives them:

1. The lowest fares
2. The most destinations
3. The best punctuality
4. "No fuel surcharge” ever guarantee

"These 4 new routes are available for booking today on www.ryanair.com. Fares start from just £2.99* and we advise passengers to book early as demand will be very strong”.

*One-way excluding taxes and charges

In Shannon today, Ryanair's Head of Communications Peter Sherrard said:

"Ryanair's Shannon base has performed strongly this summer and has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and business in the West of Ireland. Today's new route announcements will allow passengers from the mid-West to enjoy more low fares to even more destinations. Ryanair now connects Shannon to 25 destinations, sustaining 1,700 jobs in the mid-west and delivering 1.7M passengers p.a.

"From 31st October, Ryanair will also add a 4th daily flight to its Cork to Dublin service and a 6th daily flight to its Dublin to London Gatwick service which will allow an additional 200,000 passengers p.a. to enjoy the lowest fares and best punctuality between these cities.

NEW ROUTES

ADDITIONAL FREQUENCY

"To accommodate these new routes Ryanair will drop flights from Shannon to Luton and from Knock to Gatwick from 31st October. Both Shannon and Knock will still maintain daily services to two other London airports from this date".

* One-way excluding taxes and charges