Ryanair launch Birmingham Airport base - and announce another 9 new routes!!

An Ozzy Osbourne look alike was on hand to launch the new Ryanair base with Peter Vella,
BHX's Business Development Director and Ryanair's Bridget Dowling and a member of their crew

Ryanair (FR), Europe’s largest low fares airline today,
Tuesday 17 June 2008, started its 25th base in Birmingham.
Ryanair also announced today that it will launch 9 new routes
to, Alicante, Derry, Fuerteventura, Katowice, Kaunas, Krakow,
Palma, Malaga and Murcia in October 2008
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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
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By 2012 , Ryanair’s will have 10 aircraft based in Birmingham,

which will deliver 5M passengers p. a. sustaining 5,000 jobs. This

will equate to £400 M 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

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Peter Vella, Birmingham Airport's Business Development Director,

said: "We are delighted to be officially unveiling Birmingham Airport
as Ryanair's 25th 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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Peter Vella, Business Development Director of Birmingham Airport

and Bridget Dowling of Ryanair welcome the crew of the first flight
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The first Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS to be based at BHX
- EI-DPE - departs on their first service to Dinard
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Ryanair will now be serving 32 destinations
from Birmingham Airport -

Alicante, Biarritz, Billund, Bologna, Bratislava, Bydgoszcz, Dinard,
Dublin, Frankfurt (Hahn), Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Gerona, Katowice,
Kaunas, Krakow, Londonderry, Marseille, Malaga, Murcia, Olbia, Oslo,
Palma, Perpignan, Pisa, Poitiers, Porto, Shannon, Stockholm, Trieste,
Reus, Rzeszow & Trapani
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Tuesday 17 June 2008

Ryanair announce four new routes from Birmingham Airport for winter 2012

Ryanair has announced four new routes for winter 2012
from Birmingham Airport, to Barcelona El Prat, Krakow,
Milan Bergamo and Palma starting in November
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This will grow Ryanair's winter 2012/13 schedule from
Birmingham Airport to 18 routes
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Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, said: "I’m certain
this news will be welcomed in the Midlands as it means that
people can use their local airport rather than having to travel
outside the region to fly. Ryanair is an important customer of
Birmingham Airport and we’re delighted that the carrier has
placed even more confidence in the region by adding further
routes to its current Birmingham operation"
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New Ryanair winter 2012 services from Birmingham -
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+ Barcelona - 4 weekly flights on Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Sunday - starts on 7 November 2012
replacing the existing service to Gerona
+ Krakow - twice weekly on Wednesday and Sunday
- starts on 7 November 2012
+ Milan Bergamo - 3 weekly flights on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday - starts on 8 November 2012
+ Palma - twice weekly on Thursday and Sunday
- route already operated on a seasonal basis

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Flights bookable now at -
www.ryanair.com
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Friday 6 July 2012

Ryanair to serve Budapest from Birmingham‏

Ryanair will be launching a new twice weekly service to
Budapest from Birmingham on Wednesday 28 March 2012
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Ryanair’s Maria Macken said: "Ryanair is pleased to announce
a new route from Birmingham to Budapest which will operate
twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays from March 2012.
Passengers in the West Midlands now have a choice of 24 top
Ryanair destinations from Birmingham Airport giving them
even more choice than ever"

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Martyn Lloyd, Air Services Director commenting on the route
announcement said: "We are absolutely delighted that Ryanair
will be flying to Budapest. This is the first time people from
the Midlands will be able to travel direct from Birmingham to
Budapest which is cited as the most beautiful city in Europe
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Ryanair schedule to Budapest from Wednesday 28 March 2012

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Flight FR 5601 departs BHX to Budapest at
0730 on Wednesday and Saturday
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Flight FR 5602 arrives BHX from Budapest at
1320 on Wednesday and Saturday
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Schedule subject to change - all flights operated by 73H

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Tuesday 24 January 2012

Ryanair to serve Malta from Birmingham

Ryanair will be launching a new twice weekly service to Malta

from Birmingham on Wednesday 15 December 2010

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After a bespoke schedule over the Christmas and New Year

holiday period flights will operate on Wednesday and Sunday

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Birmingham - Malta is also served by Air Malta

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Thursday 23 September 2010

Birmingham Airport helps Gossey Lane School take to the skies to Lithuania!!

One delighted student from Gossey Lane School will be taking to
the skies to visit the beautiful country of Lithuania, with the help
of Birmingham International Airport
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10 year old Jessica Rodrigues, from Kitts Green, and her class have
been working with the Airport and the Consul of Lithuania, Keith
Stokes-Smith, to learn all about Lithuania. Mr Stokes-Smith, who
is the Honorary Consul in Worcestershire and the West Midlands,
visited Gossey Lane School to talk to the pupils about Lithuania,
before setting them the task of producing a piece of creative
writing about the country. As an incentive, they were promised
that the pupil who produced the best piece of work would win
flights for their family to the new Ryanair (FR) destination
of Kaunas and £250 towards accommodation
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The children were allowed to research the country on the
internet but had to base their writing on Mr Stokes-Smith’s
talk. The children chose to tackle the challenge in a variety
of ways, ranging from one who imagined being a tour guide
to another who created a world of Secret Agents!
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Peter Vella, Business Development Director commented:
"The standard of writing was excellent and it was very hard
to pick a winner out of the 14 entries that we read. In the end,
we chose Jessica’s piece as she imagined herself in the role of
a journalist and produced a very cleverly written piece based
around Keith’s talk. We have close links with Gossey Lane, which
is one of our closest schools. Once again, it’s been a pleasure
to work alongside its delightful children and dedicated staff"
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Emma Brown, Head Teacher of Gossey Lane said: "I was so
pleased when the Airport contacted me with their idea of a
Lithuania talk. At the time I did not know much about the
country, but we all now have a better feel for the place. All the
students worked really hard on their pieces but unfortunately
there could only be one winner. Jessica’s entry showed how
much she had taken on board about the country and she
presented the information in an excellent style"
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Jessica and her family will be jetting off from Birmingham on
Ryanair’s new Kaunas route to experience this fantastic country
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Kaunas is one of 15 new routes that Ryanair have launched for
their winter programme from Birmingham Airport. The other
routes are: Malaga, Alicante, Murcia, Palma, Katowice, Krakow,
Frankfurt (Hahn), Fuerteventura, Prague, Szczecin, Derry,
Düsseldorf (Weeze), Kaunas and Bologna
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Thursday 6 November 2008

Ryanair announce new routes for the ski season to Cuneo and Grenoble

Ryanair have announced that they will be operating
weekly flights to Cuneo, Italy, and Grenoble, France,

during the winter 2008/9 ski season

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Cuneo, which is a new destination from BHX, is near

Turin while Grenoble is already served by easyJet

. Tuesday 2 September 2008

Ryanair to serve Dusseldorf Weeze/Niederrhein from Birmingham Airport

Ryanair (FR) have announced another new route from
Birmingham Airport this time to Dusseldorf Weeze which will
operate daily except Sunday from Monday 27 October 2008

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Weeze started its life as a civil airport as Niederrhein hence

its three letter code "NRN" - before that it was better know

as RAF Laarbruch

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Bridget Dowling, Ryanair’s Sales & Marketing Manager for the

UK, said:"We’re delighted to announce yet another new route

from our Birmingham base. This new service, which commences

on 27 October 2008, will operate on a daily basis, bringing an
additional 100,000 passengers per annum through the airport"
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"Ryanair is committed to delivering the lowest fares guaranteed,
and we’re confident that the new route to Dusseldorf will prove
just assuccessful as our other recently announced routes from

Birmingham to Prague, Szczecin, Katowice, Krakow, Frankfurt

(Hahn), Palma, Alicante, Murcia, Kaunas, Derry & Fuerteventura"

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Peter Vella, Business Development Director at Birmingham

International Airport, said: "We are delighted that Ryanair have

added Dusseldorf Weeze to their expanding portfolio. This route

will mean that Ryanair have launched a staggering thirty-two new

routes from Birmingham International Airport, ensuring that there

is more choice for people jetting off from their local airport"

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Tuesday 29 July 2008

Ryanair to serve Szczecin, Poland, from BHX

Ryanair (FR) have announced another new route from
Birmingham Airport this time to Szczecin in Poland - a twice
weekly service will start on Tuesday 28 October 2008

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Announcing the new route, Ryanair's Bridget Dowling said:

"We’re delighted to announce yet another new route from

Birmingham. The new service to Szczecin, the capital of

Pomerania, will commence on 28 October 2008. With
6 Polish routes operating from Birmingham, passengers
in the West Midlands are now spoilt for choice. Why not
visit Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Rzeszow, Katowice, Krakow
or Szczecin availing of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest
fares, no fuel surcharges and no.1 customer service"

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Friday 18 July 2008

Ryanair commence operations from Terminal 2

Ryanair (FR) today - Wednesday 4 June 2008 - moved
their flights into Terminal 2 at Birmingham in preparation
for the opening of their Birmingham base on 17 June 2008

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The first flight - the FR 662/663 from/to Dublin - was
operated by Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAY and after parking
on stand 2 it pushed back for departure "on time"

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The new Ryanair check in area in Terminal 2

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Wednesday 4 June 2008

Ryanair launches new route to Marseilles!!

Birmingham International Airport today celebrated the launch
of Ryanair’s new service from Birmingham to Marseilles, which will
operate three days a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

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The first lucky passengers to check-in for Marseilles, Marcus and
Lizzie Higginson from Leamington Spa, were presented with a pair
of free fare flights and a bottle of champagne!

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This new service is just another one of twenty amazing new
destinations served by Ryanair from its 25th Base at Birmingham
Airport, amounting to a total of twenty-two routes all together
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Birmingham now has an amazing range of routes to destinations all
across Europe including Oslo, Stockholm, Gdansk, Bydgoszcz,
Rzeszow, Dinard, Porto and Trapani (Sicily) which will all be in
operation by the month of July!
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Peter Vella, Business Development Director of Birmingham
International Airport, said: “Marseilles is just the start of 20 routes
that Ryanair has already announced from Birmingham this year,
with even more to come for the winter. We have already seen
the start of their Gerona and Pisa routes
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Welcoming the new route, Ryanair’s Sales and Marketing Executive
Rachel Nicholson said: “Our new routes to Barcelona (Girona) and
Pisa launched last month have proven extremely successful and
with bookings already received for the Marseilles route we are very
confident that this success will continue!

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RYANAIR schedule from/to Marseilles
- from Thursday 1 May 2008

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1920/1945 FR7776/7777 73H from/to Marseilles
- operates on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday

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All flights operated by Boeing 737-800's

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Friday 2 May 2008