Ryanair announces 490,000 seat sale

Ryanair has announced a pre-Christmas seat sale with 490,000 seats for 49c excluding taxes.

The offer coincides with punctuality figures released by the low fares carrier today.

Head of Communications, Paul Fitzsimmons said: "Ryanair is beating every major airline in Europe when it comes to punctuality."

The seat sale will be available from Friday December 19 until midnight Tuesday December 23 only at www.ryanair.com.