Ryanair add five routes, cut six
29.07.09
Ryanair announced that it will launch five new routes from Prestwick Airport today. But it will also cancel or reduce frequency on six existing routes. The changes will mean an extra 100,000 passengers are expected to use Prestwick, but inbound visitors numbers will fall by 100,000 a year.
The budget airline's winter timetable will include new flights to Alicante, Arrecife in Lanzarote, Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, and Palma. A fifth new route to Ibiza will take off on March 10. The airline also plans to increase the frequency on flights to Faro, Malaga and Tenerife.
The routes to be cancelled or scaled back from October are Budapest, Milan, Rome, Stockholm, Marseille and Frankfurt Hahn. The changes will increase the number of people using the airport, but reduce the number of inbound visitors to Scotland, as the airline shifts its focus from city links to holiday destinations targeting Scottish travellers (where inbound visitors will be less).
The new routes are part of an initiative which will see Ryanair open 39 new services this winter to take advantage of Spanish tax concessions. Spain is offering a 100% discount on airport charges this winter, but Ryanair said the continuation of the new routes beyond March 31 next year is dependent on the extension of the discount.
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