Ryanair today announced Chania/Crete (Greece) as its 55th European Base and first Greek base at Chania International Airport from April 2013 with one based Boeing 737-800 launching 11 new routes to Billund, Bremen, Bristol, Eindhoven, Katowice, Marseille, Memmingen, Thessaloniki, Venice, Vilnius and Warsaw
Modlin operating in total 26 routes delivering 500,000 passengers per annum on 106 weekly flights up 89%.
Ryanair’s Kate Sherry said “Ryanair is delighted to announce Chania as our 55th base (and our first in Greece) and to unveil 11 new routes (26 in total) to/ Billund, Bremen, Bristol, Eindhoven, Katowice, Marseille, Memmingen, Thessaloniki, Venice, Vilnius and Warsaw beginning in April, as part of our summer 2013 schedule”.
Chania International Airport “Ioannis Daskalogiannis” is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri Peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 km away. Moreover, it is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing amount of tourists. The airport is named after Ioannis Daskalogiannis, a Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century,
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