Ireland West Airport Knock has announced its first ever scheduled European flight as Ryanair is set to commence a twice weekly service direct to Alicante International Airport in southern Spain on June 5 and run until the end of October.
Flights will depart the airport on Mondays and Fridays at 12.25pm and arrive back on the same days at 11.55am.
The introduction of Alicante now brings to 11 the number of scheduled destinations available at Ireland West Knock and complements its additional network of 13 European holiday destinations. This latest expansion at Ireland West Knock will generate an estimated 12,000 additional annual passengers at the airport this summer.
Ryanair passengers will sustain 400 local jobs and provide more than €47 million in tourism revenue for the west of Ireland and its surrounding regions next year. To celebrate this new route at Ireland West Airport Knock, Ryanair is offering one million €1 seats for travel in February and March. These seats will be snapped up fast and are available for booking on www.ryanair.com before midnight Monday.
Welcoming the announcement, Annette Kearney, marketing and route development Manager, Ireland West Airport Knock, said: “The addition of this direct service to Alicante International Airport with Ryanair is a milestone in the airport’s development as we expand our schedule flight services to now include a popular European destination for the first time. We know that this will come as welcome news to the many holidaymakers from the region that choose to self package and will complement our existing range of charter holiday destinations which have proven to be so popular. In addition we are sure direct low fares access to Alicante will come as welcome news to the many people from the west and northwest of Ireland with holiday homes in this southeast region of Spain.”
For further airport information log onto www.irelandwestairport.com; for information on lowest fares and to book flights log onto www.ryanair.com or contact your local travel agent.
