Ryanair to open 34th base at Leeds

Ryanair announced yesterday that it would open it's 34th base at Leeds Bradford in March of next year. By basing two aircraft at the Yorkshire airport, 14 routes will be added to the three current serviced linking Leeds with Dublin, Alicante and Girona.

The $140m investment by Ryanair is expected to increase the carriers passenger numbers at Leeds to 1m per annum.

The additional routes to be served from next spring (63 weekly return flights) are Carcasonne, Faro, Ibiza, Knock, Krakow, Limoges, Malta, Malaga, Murcia, Nantes, Palma, Pisa and Treviso.