Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (Wednesday, 9th August 2006) unveiled a significant expansion of its European operations at Dublin Airport. From December, Ryanair will base three new aircraft in Dublin Airport, create over 200 jobs, and start services on twelve new routes from Dublin to points all over Europe. The new schedule of routes is as follows:

Destination Starts Frequency

Oslo (Norway) Dec Daily

Madrid (Spain) Feb Daily

Tampere (Finland) Dec Four Weekly

Vitoria (Spain) Jan Four Weekly

Billund (Denmark) Jan Four Weekly

Bologna (Italy) Feb Four Weekly

Grenoble (France) Dec Three Weekly

Friedrichshafen (Germany) Dec Three Weekly

Seville (Spain) Jan Three Weekly

Pula (Croatia) Feb Three Weekly

Almeria (Spain) Jan Two Weekly

Rzeszow (Poland) Jan Two Weekly

These new destinations start in December 2006 and will be served by Ryanair on a year round basis.