RYANAIR ANNOUNCES A NEW ROUTE FROM BRUSSELS SOUTH CHARLEROI TO SANTANDER

Ryanair, the leading low-cost airline company in Europe, is announcing a new destination from Brussels South Charleroi: Santander! Ryanair will operate this route twice a week as of 1 April 2009. In order to celebrate the launch of this new destination, Ryanair is offering 1 million seats at EUR 10 (all taxes included) on its European network. The seats are available now on www.ryanair.com until 11 February at midnight.

Janita Govinden, Sales & Marketing Executive for Ryanair Belgium, stated:

“Ryanair is continuing to offer an ever-increasing range of new destinations so that passengers can forget the recession for a while by travelling to numerous European destinations at the lowest prices with no fuel surcharge. Ryanair is pursuing its development while other companies are withdrawing destinations and reducing their capacity.

Ryanair is delighted to announce that its new route between Brussels South Charleroi and Santander will be in operation from 1 April 2009 with two flights a week, i.e. Wednesdays and Sundays. With this new route, Ryanair will transport 30,000 extra passengers between Brussels South and Santander.”

Marcel Buelens, CEO of Brussels South Charleroi airport, stated:

“This 11th route to the Iberian Peninsular is fantastic news for those who love Spain. It is also a great boost for the local economy because 45% of these 30,000 passengers will spend on average EUR 350 in Belgium.. BSCA is continuing its growth in regards to the number of flights, passengers and destinations. We ended the month of January with 19 % more passengers compared to the same period in 2008. Brussels South Charleroi offers 11 new destinations for the summer season 2009! We are delighted with this 56th destination from BSCA!”