Airport, EU – Baltic States, Lithuania, Transport

Ryanair confirmed that it is already in negotiations with four other Central European airports to open bases and give consumers a choice and much lower fares than the high fares being charged by Air Baltic and other Central European airlines.

Ryanair celebrated its new Kaunas base by releasing 1 million €5 seats for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays on over 500 routes across its European network, in March.  These €5 seats are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Thursday (11^th Feb).

In Kaunas today, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “Ryanair is delighted to announce Kaunas as our 40^th base with 18 routes from May 2010 which go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow. Lithuanian consumers/visitors can beat the recession and escape Air Baltic’s high fares by choosing Ryanair’s lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee to 18 exciting destinations all over Europe including Germany, Italy and Spain among others.  Ryanair’s 1m passengers p.a. will sustain up to 1,000 jobs at Kaunas Airport.”