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29/10/2007
Competition Hots Up As easyJet Strikes First
The popular city of Barcelona gets more accessible this week as airline easyJet launches new routes out of Belfast.
The company has revealed that a £120 million investment will see a sixth aircraft being based in Belfast and the creation of around 50 jobs.
Twice weekly flights to Gdansk in Poland start tomorrow, followed by flights to Prague four times a week and Venice twice a week on Thursday.
Flights three times a week to Barcelona begin this weekend.
The services increase to 23 the number of destinations the airline offers from Belfast International Airport.
It predicts it will carry 140,000 people on the four routes over the coming year - increasing its passenger numbers to close on 3.3 million annually. In July it flew its 20 millionth passenger from Belfast.
The expansion comes weeks before Aer Lingus opens its Belfast hub with nine routes.
It will pit both airlines against Jet2 on the Barcelona route and easyJet alone against Jet2 on the Prague route.
John Doran, managing director of Belfast International , said he was delighted to acknowledge the airline’s further commitment to the airport with its delivery of fresh and refreshing destinations.
He said: "easyJet can truly claim to have pioneered the changed landscape for air travel to and from Northern Ireland over the past decade.
(BMcC)
The company has revealed that a £120 million investment will see a sixth aircraft being based in Belfast and the creation of around 50 jobs.
Twice weekly flights to Gdansk in Poland start tomorrow, followed by flights to Prague four times a week and Venice twice a week on Thursday.
Flights three times a week to Barcelona begin this weekend.
The services increase to 23 the number of destinations the airline offers from Belfast International Airport.
It predicts it will carry 140,000 people on the four routes over the coming year - increasing its passenger numbers to close on 3.3 million annually. In July it flew its 20 millionth passenger from Belfast.
The expansion comes weeks before Aer Lingus opens its Belfast hub with nine routes.
It will pit both airlines against Jet2 on the Barcelona route and easyJet alone against Jet2 on the Prague route.
John Doran, managing director of Belfast International , said he was delighted to acknowledge the airline’s further commitment to the airport with its delivery of fresh and refreshing destinations.
He said: "easyJet can truly claim to have pioneered the changed landscape for air travel to and from Northern Ireland over the past decade.
(BMcC)
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