Ryanair announce four new routes from Knock Airport

Ryanair have announced that they will open four new routes from Knock to Barcelona (Girona), Frankfurt (Hahn), Milan (Bergamo) and Paris (Beauvais) from April 2012.

To celebrate its 14 low-fare Knock routes, Ryanair released a million seats with fares from €14.99 for travel across its 1,000 European routes in January 2012.

The seats must be booked on www.ryanair.com before midnight on Thursday, Nov 24 and go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow.

Speaking in Knock, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: "Knock Airport today celebrates four new Ryanair routes in summer 2012 to Barcelona, Frankfurt, Milan and Paris, taking Ryanair’s Knock routes to 14, which will deliver over 500,000 passengers and sustain more than 500 jobs in Knock next summer."

Joe Gilmore, Managing Director Ireland West Airport Knock, said: "We are delighted to welcome these 4 new 2012 routes to/from some of Europe’s biggest tourism markets. In 2012 Ryanair will deliver over 600,000 seats to/from Knock, providing low cost direct access for European tourists to the beautiful west coast of Ireland which will boost tourism in this region.

"We wish to acknowledge the support of Government through its agencies and political representatives in ensuring these important services were won for Knock. In particular Minister Michael Ring and Niall Gibbons CEO Tourism Ireland, deserve special mention."