OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2012. Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost airline, today (19 Dec) announced it would open its 1st Greek base (55th base in total) at Chania in April 2013 with one based aircraft and unveiled 10 new routes (26 in total), to/from Billund, Bremen, Bristol, Eindhoven, Katowice, Memmingen, Thessaloniki, Venice, Vilnius and Warsaw, as Ryanair invests over USD 70 mn at Chania Airport.
 
Ryanair will grow at Chania as follows:
 
1 based aircraft
10 new routes (25 in total):
Billund, Bremen, Bristol, Eindhoven, Katowice, Memmingen, Thessaloniki, Venice, Vilnius & Warsaw
106 weekly flights (up 89%)
500,000 pax p.a (up 100%)
500* “on site” jobs
 
Ryanair celebrated its new Chania base by launching a 100,000 seat sale with fares starting from Ј8 for travel across its European network in January which are available for booking until midnight (24:00hrs) Thur (20 Dec). Ryanair’s 10 new Chania routes will begin in April and will go on sale on www.ryanair.com.