OREANDA-NEWS. Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (21 Nov) announced it will open 12 new routes from London Stansted (in April 2014) as well as adding frequencies on 17 existing routes, which will deliver an additional 1,300,000 passengers p.a. and support 1,300* new on-site jobs at London Stansted Airport.
 
Ryanair’s growth at Stansted from April 2014 will deliver:
 
12 new routes to Basel, Bordeaux, Brive, Bucharest, Comiso, Dortmund, Lisbon, Osijek,  Podgorica, Prague, Rabat & Skelleftea
126 Stansted routes in total
More flights & improved schedules on 17 existing routes (from 430 to 600 weekly flights)
Over 1,300,000 new Ryanair passengers p.a. at Stansted (14.5m in total)
Over 1,300* jobs sustained at Stansted Airport
 
Ryanair celebrated its 12 new routes and increased frequencies by releasing 100,000 seats on sale at prices from Ј14.99 for travel in Jan and Feb, which are available for booking until midnight Monday (25 Nov).
 
In London, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
 
“Ryanair is pleased to deliver 12 new Europe routes to/from Stansted to Basel, Bordeaux, Brive, Bucharest, Comiso, Dortmund, Lisbon, Osijek, Podgorica, Prague, Rabat and Skelleftea, as well as increased frequencies on 17 existing routes, which will deliver over 1,300,000 additional passengers per annum and sustain over 1,300* “on-site” jobs at Stansted Airport. As Stansted’s biggest airline, Ryanair looks forward to growing traffic, routes and jobs at Stansted.”