Ryanair has announced five new routes from Shannon, bringing its total number of routes from the airport to 24.
The new routes are to Biarritz and Carcassonne in the south of France, Faro in Portugal, Krakow in Poland and Venice in Italy. Ryanair says it will also increase frequency on routes from Shannon to Barcelona Malaga and Milan. The new routes will start on October 12.
'From September, Ryanair will base a fourth Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Shannon, bringing our investment in Shannon to over $240m,' said CEO Michael O'Leary.
Mr O'Leary warned, however, that cheap flights alone were not enough to bring extra European passengers into the Shannon region in the winter months. 'This continues to be a struggle, and shows that the hotel and tourism interests here need to continue to market the region aggressively in Europe,' he said.
