OREANDA-NEWS. Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (14 Jan) announced that as part of a USD 280m investment in Greece it would open its 2nd  and 3rd Greek bases (64 in total) at Athens and Thessaloniki in April 2014 with a total of 3 based aircraft and 9 new routes.
 
Ryanair’s new Athens base from April 2014 will deliver:
 
•         2 based aircraft
•         6 new routes to Chania, London, Milan, Paphos, Rhodes & Thessaloniki
•         154 weekly flights
•         Over 1.2m new passengers p.a. at Athens
•         Over 1,200* jobs sustained at Athens
 
Ryanair will grow at Thessaloniki as follows:
 
•         1 based aircraft
•         3 new routes: Athens, Pisa & Warsaw (16 in total)
•         212 weekly flights
•         Over 1.6m pax p.a
•         Over 1,600* “on site” jobs
 
Ryanair celebrated its 2 new Greek bases by releasing 100,000 seats on sale at prices from just €16.99 for travel in February and March, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (16 Jan).  Ryanair’s 6 new Athens routes and 3 new Thessaloniki routes will begin in April.