RYANAIR LAUNCHES 2 AIRCRAFT BASE TO REVERSE VALENCIA'S COLLAPSING TRAFFIC
2 aircraft, 31 routes and 2M passenger
500,000 €10 LATE SUMMER SEATS
Ryanair, the world's favourite airline, today (23rd June) announced that it would open it's 43rd base at Valencia Airport from November 2010 with 2 based aircraft and 31 low fare routes after the Minster for Tourism, Belen Juste committed to a joint promotion and advertising programme which will help reverse Valencia Airport's collapsing traffic which fell by 18%, or almost 1m passengers, in 2009.
Ryanair's 43rd base at Valencia will provide 260 weekly low fare flights to/from Valencia in an investment of over $140 million in the airport which will see Ryanair open 10 new routes from November, which go on sale at
www.ryanair.com tomorrow.
Ryanair celebrated its new base at Valencia by releasing 500,000 seats from €10 for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on over 500 routes across its European network in September and October. These late summer seats are available for booking on
www.ryanair.com until midnight Thursday (24th June).
In Valencia today, Ryanair's Michael Cawley said:
"Ryanair is delighted to announce its return to Valencia which becomes our 43rd base with 10 new routes from November 2010, which go on sale on
www.ryanair.comtomorrow. Ryanair welcomes the commitment from the Minister for Tourism Belen Juste who recognises that working with Ryanair will reverse the declining passenger numbers at Valencia Airport and grow tourism and jobs in the Valencia region. Ryanair's 2m passengers p.a. will sustain 2,000 jobs locally at Valencia."
Minister for Tourism Belene Juste said:
"We are delighted to welcome Ryanair back to Valencia and believe that by working together we can ensure that Valencia returns to growth. We are delighted to commit to developing a continuing programme of advertising and marketing that will raise Valencia's profile internationally and see many millions of high spending Ryanair passengers return to Valencia this year."
