Ryanair Brings Third Aircraft to Leeds Bradford

Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to introduce a third based aircraft at Leeds Bradford Airport during summer 2012 and will launch a further six routes from the Yorkshire facility, expanding its network to 26 destinations. The airline will inaugurate services to the popular Greek islands of Corfu, Crete (flying to Chania) and Kos, add links to Bergamo, Dinard and Tenerife and launch summer flights on its current winter-only routes to Kaunas and Riga in the Baltics.

The airline expects to increase its Leeds Bradford traffic to around 900,000 passengers per year through the new flights, and hopes to take advantage of the current economic situation in Greece to generate additional traffic. Ryanair Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, dressed in traditional toga, announced the new routes at the Yorkshire airport this week, and said he would even accept payment in “mountain goats” should Greece be forced out of the Euro.