Ryanair launches Leeds Bradford winter schedule with 13 routesWednesday 7, July 2010

Ryanair yesterday (6th July) launched its Leeds Bradford winter schedule which will operate on two aircraft with 13 routes, including new routes to/from Barcelona, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Gdansk and Fuerteventura which will see Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford grow to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain up to 1,000 jobs at in the Yorkshire region.
Ryanair operated just three routes to/from Leeds Bradford last winter and the airport is one of the only UK airports to grow its winter schedule with 13 Ryanair routes to great value city and winter sun destinations. Ryanair’s summer schedule and guaranteed lowest fares on 21 summer routes will continue until the end of October.
Ryanair celebrated its increased winter schedule at Leeds Bradford by releasing 500,000 £9 seats for travel across its European network in September and October which are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (8th July).
In Leeds Bradford today, Ryanair’s Michael Cawley said:
“Ryanair is delighted to launch its first extended winter schedule from Leeds Bradford which offers passengers 13 routes, including exciting new routes to Barcelona, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Gdansk and Fuerteventura. Ryanair will now deliver 1million passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 local jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport. Our new Barcelona route will replace our Girona route to provide easier access to great value city breaks this winter.
To celebrate the launch of our winter schedule and our new routes we are releasing 500,000 £9 seats for travel in September and October on over 500 Ryanair routes throughout Europe.”
13 Leeds Bradford winter routes
Alicante
Knock
Barcelona
Krakow
Carcassonne
Fuerteventura
Dusseldorf
Malaga
Dublin
Malta
Faro
Venice
Gdansk
Leeds Bradford Airport’s John Parkin said,
“We are delighted to unveil an exciting new Ryanair winter schedule from Leeds Bradford with a great mix of low fares routes to winter sun and city break destinations as well as connections to the East and West of Ireland. Leeds Bradford is bucking the trend in the UK with Ryanair growth which will see more Ryanair passengers, flight and routes from Leeds Bradford this winter.”

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