LBA and FAO open officially!

LEEDS BRADFORD BASE OPENS WITH 1M PAX PA
Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford base opens today

2 aircraft, 17 routes and 1m pax p.a.

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (25th Mar) opened its 34th base at Leeds Bradford with two aircraft and 17 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Ryanair celebrated this new base and 17 routes by releasing 1m €5 seats for travel across its European network in late April and May which are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Monday (29th Mar).

Speaking in Leeds Bradford today, Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:

“Ryanair is delighted to open its Leeds Bradford base which offers passengers 17 routes in a total investment worth over $140m. Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford base will deliver 1million passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 local jobs.

“To celebrate the opening of our Leeds Bradford base we are releasing 1m €5 seats for travel in late April and May on over 500 Ryanair routes throughout Europe”.

Ryanair’s 17 Leeds Bradford routes

Alicante
Malaga
Barcelona
Malta
Carcassonne
Montpellier
Dublin
Murcia
Faro
Nantes
Ibiza
Palma
Knock
Pisa
Krakow
Venice Treviso
Limoges

Tony Hallwood, LBIA Commercial Director, said

"Leeds Bradford is pleased to see the commencement of 14 new destinations by Ryanair this week, offering Yorkshire leisure travellers a wide choice of destinations across six European countries. By delivering seven new routes to the airport this summer Ryanair is also supporting LBIA's important role as Yorkshire's international gateway airport and securing over 1,000 new jobs in the region".

Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said:

“This is great news for Yorkshire as it reinforces the work that we are doing internationally to ensure our region is the UK’s number one holiday destination. The new Ryanair routes open up the region to a combined population of over 5 million possible visitors. You can be sure they will all receive a very warm welcome to Yorkshire”.

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/leeds-bradford-base-opens-with-1m-pax-pa

FARO BASE OPENS WITH 1.3M PAX PA
Ryanair’s Faro base opens today

7 aircraft, 30 routes and 1.3m pax p.a.

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (25th Mar) opened its 39th base at Faro with seven aircraft and 30 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Faro to 1.3m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,300 jobs at Faro Airport.

Ryanair celebrated this new base and 30 routes by releasing 1m €5 seats for travel across its European network in late April and May which are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Monday (29th Mar).

Speaking in Faro today, Ryanair’s Eddie Wilson said:

“Ryanair is delighted to open its Faro base which offers passengers 30 routes and will deliver 1.3million passengers p.a. which will sustain 1,300 local jobs. With 30 low fare routes to/from Faro this summer Portuguese consumers and visitors can beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee on exciting destinations all over Europe including France, Italy and Germany.

To celebrate the opening of our Faro base we are releasing 1m €5 seats for travel in late April and May on over 500 Ryanair routes throughout Europe.”

Heitor da Fonseca, Member of the Board of Directors of ANA, said:

"Ryanair's based operations at Faro will be an important catalyst for economic activity in the region. First of all it is a sign of commitment from the main European low cost airline to the potential of the Algarve and it offers a unique opportunity to affirm the Algarve region as a high quality tourism destination within Europe. For Faro Airport Ryanair's base will bring a more efficient use of the existing capacity and essential market diversification for the continuous growth of air passenger traffic at this airport."

Ryanair’s 30 Faro routes in 2010

Billund
Edinburgh
Maastricht
Birmingham
Eindhoven
Madrid
Bournemouth
Frankfurt (Hahn)
Marseille
Bremen
Glasgow
Munich West
Bristol
Hamburg-Lubeck
Milan
Brussels
Kerry
Oslo
Derry
Knock
Paris
Dublin
Leeds
Porto
Dusseldorf (Weeze)
Liverpool
Shannon
East Midlands
London
Stockholm

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/faro-base-opens-with-1-3m-pax-pa

Someone knows if the 7 planes based in Faro have advertising inside? I know that one of the planes currently based in Faro is the new EI-EKR. The remaining unaware of the number of tail.

And the 3 aircraft based in Porto, someone knows if they have advertising inside?

Thanks