Ryanair adds Shannon to winter schedule

LOW cost carrier Ryanair has added a fifth new daily flight to its winter schedule out of Manchester Airport with a Shannon service.

The schedule also includes new routes to Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Lisbon and increased frequency on three others, Madrid, Riga and Rome. It is also flying to the Dutch city Eindhoven four times a week.

Ryanair says its 24 winter routes will help it deliver more than 2.3 million customers a year to Manchester and support more than 2,300 jobs at the airport.

Spokeswoman Maria Macken said: “Ryanair is pleased to extend our Manchester 2014 winter schedule to 24 routes, with a new daily service to and from Shannon in addition to four other new routes to Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Lisbon and extra frequencies Madrid, Riga and Rome, all of which are now on sale on the Ryanair.com website.”