Ryanair announces new routes

Budget airline Ryanair has today announced its 31st new route from Shannon (to Alicante) and three new routes from Dublin to Palma, Santander and Zadar (Croatia).

All routes will commence operations in March 2008.

"Ryanair’s low fares are delivering record growth for Irish Tourism on 135 routes from seven Irish airports," said Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary.

"In two weeks time, Ryanair will open eight new routes from Shannon, including its first domestic service from Shannon to Dublin.

"This new route will allow passengers from the mid-west to avoid the nightmare of traffic on the N7 and the M50, with 40-minute flights for less than the cost of a gallon of petrol.

"Ryanair’s 31 Shannon routes will deliver two million passengers to Shannon in the coming year, generating a visitor spend of €350m and supporting 2,000 local jobs."