RYANAIR TO FLY FROM CITY AIRPORT
Budget airline Ryanair has launched its 25th base, in Birmingham.
The airline also announced it will launch nine routes - to Alicante, Derry, Fuerteventura, Katowice, Kaunas, Krakow, Palma, Malaga and Murcia
- in October 2008.
A company spokeswoman 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 nine new routes which go on sale today.
"By 2012, Ryanair will have aircraft based in Birmingham which will deliver 5 million passengers p. a. sustaining 5,000 jobs.
"This will equate to GBP400m visitor spend for the West Midlands."
Peter Vella, Birmingham Airport's business development director, said:
"We are delighted to be officially unveiling Birmingham Airport as Ryanair's twenty-fifth base as well as welcoming the announcement of these further nine scheduled routes from the airport.
"These new services will offer passengers travelling from their local airport even greater choice and flexibility, allowing them to travel from within their region - whether that be for leisure or business."
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