Ryanair announces new European routes

Ryanair has announced seven new European routes from Milan and has added two new aircraft to its fleet at Milan Orio al Serio airport at a cost of $120m (€97m),

The low-cost airline's new routes from Milan will connect to Oslo in Norway, Eindhoven in Holland, Valencia, Seville and Zaragoza in Spain and Liverpool and Newcastle in the UK.

In addition, Ryanair also announced its 22nd route from Frankfurt's Hahn airport to Klagenfurt in Austria.

Announcing the new routes in Milan today, Ryanair’s Head of Marketing for Europe, Sinead Finn said: "We opened our first Italian base in Milan Orio al Serio in February 2003, and today we are significantly increasing the size of our base with two brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and seven new routes, bringing a total investment by Ryanair at Milan to over $300m (€243m).

“These fantastic new destinations, which are on sale right now at www.ryanair.com from €5.99 (excluding taxes) will start in January and February 2005.”