Travel: Fly to the US for just EURO 9
BUDGET airline Ryanair plans to launch transatlantic flights with fares as low as EURO 9 within four years. The Irish carrier’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said he was looking to serve six US cities from European airports where it has bases.
The airline would operate independently from Ryanair and offer a premier class on the transatlantic services. Ryanair would acquire up to 50 widebody Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s to operate the routes. Secondary US airports identified include Baltimore, Providence, Rhode Island and New York Long Island Islip Macarthur. The carrier will be able to enter the prized North Atlantic arena following the EU-US open skies agreement due to come into force from the autumn.
O’Leary said: “By mid-2009 we will be carrying 70 million passengers at 23 bases across Europe. It will be relatively straightforward for us to do a deal for 40 to 50 long haul aircraft to connect these bases transatlantically. There would be no-one to touch us.” “We’ve been approached by a number of airports in the US who are very keen to see us start a long-haul, low-fare service and we’re working on plans to start flying the Atlantic.
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