Ryanair adds Iberian routes and in-flight videos
Ryanair has announced four new low fares routes from London Stansted to Spain and Portugal.
21/09/2004 - 09:18:42
The new routes will commence on dates between November 2, 2004 and February 25, 2005.
This brings to 78 the number of routes offered by Ryanair from London Stansted and to 12 the total number of airports served in the Iberian Peninsula from London.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said: “We opened our first route to Spain in November 2002 and, with this announcement today, Ryanair will serve more Spanish airports directly from London than any other airline.
"We are also delighted to launch our first scheduled route from London to Portugal with a twice-daily service to Porto, Portugal’s second largest city. This year Ryanair will carry over 4 million passengers on our routes to Spain and next year we expect to see that figure rise to 5.5 million."
Ryanair also announced the launch on-board entertainment costing passengers €7/£5 per flight.
A selection of Hollywood films, chart videos, cartoons, comedy classics and audio CDs will be available on five Stansted-based aircraft.
If successful, Ryanair will roll the scheme out to its entire fleet by March 2005.
