Ryanair To Open 9 New Routes From Dublin In April 2014 - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Irish airline Ryanair Plc. (RYA.L, RYAAY) Thursday said it will open 9 new routes from Dublin, beginning April 2014, along with increasing frequencies on 8 existing routes. This is intended to deliver an additional 700,000 passengers per annum, and support 700 new on-site jobs at Dublin Airport. ACI research confirms up to 1,000 'on-site' jobs are sustained at international airports for every 1 million passengers, the company added.

Additionally, the airline said it will create over 300 new direct jobs in Ireland for pilots, cabin crew, customer service specialists and software developers in 2014, as the company is to roll out an extensive programme of customer service and website improvements. This is along with the 1,000 indirect jobs that will be created at Dublin, Knock and Shannon airports to cater for the 1 million passenger growth which Ryanair will deliver from April 2014 following the scrapping of the 3 euro travel tax. Ryanair said its fares on these new Europe routes start from 29.99 euro.

"A critical component of this growth will be 100 extra weekly flights into Dublin from Britain, which will reverse the recent tourism declines in UK visitors coming to Ireland." Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said.