Ryanair opens base at Birmingham

Airline Ryanair today unveiled its 25th base at Birmingham.

Ryanair also announced today that it will launch nine new routes from the base to Alicante, Derry, Fuerteventura, Katowice, Kaunas, Krakow, Palma, Malaga and Murcia in October 2008.

Celebrating Ryanair's 25th base in Birmingham today, Ryanair’s Bridget Dowling said: “There’s a double celebration at Birmingham International Airport this week. We’re celebrating the arrival of our first based aircraft here and we’re also announcing a further 9 new routes which go on sale today. With 32 low fare routes announced from Birmingham to date, people of the West Midlands no longer have to suffer BA high fares or their high fuel surcharges.

“By 2012, Ryanair’s will have aircraft based in Birmingham, which will deliver 5M passengers p. a. sustaining 5,000 jobs. This will equate to £400m (€504m) visitor spend for the West Midlands. While other airlines, like BA, are busy increasing fares and fuel surcharges, Ryanair is guaranteeing the lowest fares and no fuel surcharges."