Ryanair promises 500 jobs on six new Dublin routes

Ryanair has announced the launch of six new routes from Dublin which it projects will create 500 jobs at the Airport.

The services to Rome, Biarritz, Eindhoven, Doncaster (Sheffield), Carcassonne and Frankfurt will begin in April and May.

Mr. Michael Cawley, Ryanair Commercial Director. Photograph: Eric Luke

The Airline said it expects to carry 500,000 passengers a year on these routes and create over 500 new jobs at Dublin Airport.

The bulk of the new jobs would be in security and support at the Airport. Ryanair said the aircraft for the routes would be provided from spare capacity at Frankfurt and Rome operations.

Customers can expect to pick up budget fares to Rome, Biarritz and Carcassonne from €29.99 and Eindhoven, Frankfurt from €19.99 exclusive of taxes.

The new destinations brings to 30 the number of routes the Airline flies from Dublin.

The Airline's deputy chief executive, Mr Michael Cawley, said the announcement was just a foretaste of what is possible if the Government would make deliver on its promise to provide second terminal for Dublin Airport.

Mr Cawley claimed a second terminal would bring five million new passengers annually into the Republic and create 5,000 extra jobs.

He accused the Government of making a "big ostentatious show" in changing the laws to allow Swedish furniture retailer IKEA to come to Ireland while dithering for three years over a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

He refused to drawn on the exact cost of the deal agreed with the new Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) but said Airline enjoyed much better relations with the Authority than with its predecessor Aer Rianta.