The Irish low fare airline Ryanair announced it is adding two new destinations to it's network at Maastricht Aachen Airport (MAA). The new destinations are Faro, in the Algarve region in Southern Portugal and Malaga in Southern Spain. Together with the new service to Trapani, announced in November, the total number of available Ryanair services at MAA is 6, double the number the airline has offered thus far.
Faro will be added to the timetable per April 27th and is offered three times weekly. Malaga services start on June 22nd and is offered twice weekly.
Sander Heijmans, CEO of Maastricht Aachen Airport: "We are very pleased that we are able to announce these new Ryanair destinations. In addition to the services which were already offered, Barcelona-Girona, Alicante and Pisa, we were able to announce three new destinations in a short period of time. This means we are continuing the growth which we had started with Ryanair two years ago, before the introduction of the Dutch aviation tax. We have high expectations of these services".
Henrike Schmidt, Ryanair's Sales en Marketing Manager Netherlands "Again, Ryanair proves to stand it word and is announcing not one but two new routes. This is a clear sign that the scrapping of the Flight Tax has a positive effect not only for Ryanair in the Netherlands but the local Tourism Industry. We appeal to Ireland and the UK to do the same and scrap unnecessary taxes so that passengers can enjoy traveling Europe with the cheapest fares possible – bookable on www.ryanair.com".