City travellers can now jet to Tenerife

LOW budget airline Ryanair has confirmed direct weekly flights to Tenerife from Londonderry are now available with City of Derry Airport Operations (CODA) Ltd chairman, Roy Devine, hailing the development as great news for the city and region.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Mar 2011, 08:54 BST

The announcement comes days following confirmation that the direct Alicante route will continue again this summer in addition to the Faro service.

Roy Devine said: “The sun holiday destinations are extremely popular with air travellers from this city and region. We recorded almost 36,000 passengers choosing the two sunshine destinations operated in 2010 by Ryanair and it is important that City of Derry Airport continues to grow this leisure business.

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“Today’s announcement means that City of Derry Airport now provides three direct summer services to Europe providing a welcomed international dimension for the city and region.”

Chairperson of the Airport Committee, Alderman Maurice Devenney also welcomed the announcement saying: “This is a positive development for City of Derry.

“It’s good for consumers as it provides more choice and value when planning ahead for summer holidays. The option for direct European flights has always been an ambition for the city and region and I am delighted to see continued growth in this area.”

Airport manager Damien Tierney said he was confident Tenerife would be a popular destination.

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“The route is available weekly from the airport from April and will continue over the summer months. We are delighted to have secured this route and are confident it will be a great success,” he said.

Ryanair’s Laura McCormack said: “Ryanair is pleased to announce a new weekly route from Derry to Tenerife starting April 2011.

“Derry passengers can now beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee to exciting destinations all over Europe including Alicante, Faro and now Tenerife.

“In addition to our lowest fares we also deliver Europe’s No1 on-time performance across over 1,200 routes. From midnight tonight, passengers can book these £8 seats for travel on over 1,000 European destinations in March & early April.

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“These seats can only be booked until midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (24th Feb) and are sure to be snapped up fast so we urge passengers to book them on www.ryanair.com before they sell out. Fares to Tenerife start from £45.99.”

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