Ryanair to open new base in Barcelona

Ryanair has announced it will open its 42nd base at Barcelona El Prat in September 2010 with five aircraft based at the ariport and 20 low fare routes.

Ryanair’s El Prat routes will sustain over 2,000 local jobs as well as 250 direct Ryanair jobs among pilots, cabin crew and engineers.

The low-fares airling will operate 270 weekly low fare flights to/from Barcelona El Prat in an investment of over $350m in the airport.

Ryanair celebrated its new Barcelona El Prat base by releasing a million summer seats from €5 for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on over 500 routes across its European network in June.

These summer sale seats are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Thursday May 27.