Ryanair launches four new routes

Ryanair today announced four new routes from its Shannon base to Manchester, Wroclaw, Rome and Murcia.

The four new routes will start on February 22 next and will each operate three times weekly.

To accommodate these new routes, Ryanair will close two routes, from Shannon to Hamburg and Stockholm, from February 22.

This expansion includes the airline's first route between Ireland and Poland (Shannon-to-Wroclaw) and brings the total number of routes operated at the Shannon base to 19.

Announcing the expansion at Shannon today, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said: “Ryanair launched its Shannon base in May and monthly Ryanair traffic at the airport has trebled. Ryanair has delivered dramatic growth at Shannon Airport as promised. This is good news for business and tourism in the mid-west.

“Today’s four new routes to England, Poland, Italy and Spain mean that over the next year 1,500,000 passengers will use Ryanair’s Shannon flights, almost one million of whom will be inbound visitors, sustaining 1,500 jobs in the mid west.”