Ryanair (Dublin) today (January 14) announced that as part of a $280 million investment in Greece it would open its second and third Greek bases (64 in total) at Athens and Thessaloniki in April 2014 with a total of three based aircraft and nine new routes.

Ryanair’s new Athens base from April 2014 will deliver:

·2 based aircraft

·6 new routes to Chania, London, Milan, Paphos, Rhodes & Thessaloniki

·154 weekly flights

·Over 1.2m new passengers p.a. at Athens

·Over 1,200* jobs sustained at Athens

Ryanair will grow at Thessaloniki as follows:

·1 based aircraft

·3 new routes: Athens, Pisa & Warsaw (16 in total)

·212 weekly flights

·Over 1.6m pax p.a

·Over 1,600* “on site” jobs

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-DYX (msn 37517) with Comunitat Valenciana promotional markings climbs away from Nantes.

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