www.Parctel.com: What a wonderful world we live in. In Ryanair's lates press release they make great mileage out of the opening up of four new routes from its bases at Frankfurt and Marseille, as well as increased frequencies on routes from Stansted, Barcelona, Liverpool, Pisa and East Midlands.
Speaking today, Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Peter Sherrard said:
“These 4 new routes will bring the Ryanair network to 448 routes, and will mark the reinstatement of low fare connections between Germany and Morocco. In the coming year, over 50 million passengers will enjoy our low fares and ‘no fuel surcharge ever’ guarantee across Europe.”
And then buried at the bottom of the release:
To accommodate these new routes, the following 11 of Ryanair’s 440 plus routes will stop operation with effect from May 7th:
Barcelona - Faro
East Midlands – Santiago
Frankfurt – Genoa
Frankfurt – Krakow
Frankfurt – Nantes
Frankfurt – Trieste
Liverpool – Tampere
Marseille – Frankfurt
Marseille – Karlsruhe Baden
Marseille – Rome
Pisa - Karlsruhe Baden
Now doesn't that sound a little bit like giving with the one hand and taking with the other? Although, you have to admit that Ryanair are continually upbeat and really know how to turn a potential negative into a positive. Keep on spinning guys.