Ryanair, Ireland’s No 1 airline, today (13 Sep) launched a new Shannon route to Barcelona Reus, with a twice-weekly service commencing in March 2018, the first of its Shannon summer 2018 routes. This new route is now on sale on the Ryanair.com website.

Irish customers and visitors can look forward to even lower fares and enjoy the latest “Always Getting Better” customer improvements, including:

• Reduced checked-in bag fees – one €25 fee, one 20kg size
• 20 Air Europa routes from Madrid on sale on Ryanair.com
• Connecting flights at Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo with more airports to follow
• A new partnership with Erasmus Student Network offering discounts & a dedicated booking platform
• Alexa voice recognition to search flights, hotels and flight status on the Ryanair.com website

To celebrate, Ryanair is releasing seats on sale from Shannon from just €16.99 for travel in October and November, which are available for booking until midnight Friday (15 Sep).

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“We are pleased to launch a new Shannon route to Barcelona Reus, with a twice weekly service for summer 2018, which is now on sale on the Ryanair.com website. To celebrate, we are releasing seats on sale from Shannon from just €16.99 for travel in October and November, which are available for booking until midnight Friday (15 Sep). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Managing Director at Shannon Airport, Andrew Murphy said:

“This new Ryanair service from Shannon to Barcelona Reus is very welcome news for the airport. We know that this will also be welcome news for our passengers as Barcelona Reus is not only a popular sun destination, but this new service opens up the European City break market for people in the region providing direct access to the beautiful city of Barcelona which is less than a 90 minute journey by train and bus from the town of Reus – only 10 minutes from Reus Airport. In addition, we are sure that the service will be welcome news to many football enthusiasts out there as this offers them the opportunity to watch FC Barcelona in action.”