Ryanair again set to spread wings with new air routes from Edinburgh Airport
Published Date: 09 February 2010
By ALASTAIR DALTON
RYANAIR is poised to announce further major expansion in Scotland, The Scotsman has learned.
The Irish no-frills airline will unveil plans for a host of new routes from Edinburgh by basing a sixth aircraft at the airport.
It is also expected to open a second aircraft maintenance hangar at Prestwick airport, where a sixth plane was based in December following the collapse of Scottish holiday airline Flyglobespan.
The moves amount to the latest phase of rapid growth for the airline in Scotland, which has included some of the largest route announcements in the country's aviation history.
Ryanair already has 35 routes from Edinburgh, two years after operating just two. It also flies to 30 destinations from Prestwick.
Its chief executive, Michael O'Leary, told aviation analysts last week: "They (Edinburgh airport] have encouraged us to put more aircraft in there this summer."
(Scotsman)
Published Date: 09 February 2010
By ALASTAIR DALTON
RYANAIR is poised to announce further major expansion in Scotland, The Scotsman has learned.
The Irish no-frills airline will unveil plans for a host of new routes from Edinburgh by basing a sixth aircraft at the airport.
It is also expected to open a second aircraft maintenance hangar at Prestwick airport, where a sixth plane was based in December following the collapse of Scottish holiday airline Flyglobespan.
The moves amount to the latest phase of rapid growth for the airline in Scotland, which has included some of the largest route announcements in the country's aviation history.
Ryanair already has 35 routes from Edinburgh, two years after operating just two. It also flies to 30 destinations from Prestwick.
Its chief executive, Michael O'Leary, told aviation analysts last week: "They (Edinburgh airport] have encouraged us to put more aircraft in there this summer."
(Scotsman)