Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (11 Oct) launched a new Lappeenranta route to Athens as part of its summer 2018 schedule, with one weekly services, which will go on sale on the Ryanair.com website today.

Finnish and Russian 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
• 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

Ryanair’s Chris Lundshøj said:

“Ryanair is pleased to return to Lappeenranta with a new route to/from Athens. This new one weekly service will go on sale on the Ryanair.com website today.

To celebrate, we are releasing seats on sale from Lappeenranta from just €29.99 for travel from 16^th of May to 14^th of June 2018, subject to availability, which are available for booking until midnight Friday 13^th October 2017. Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Lappeenranta Airport’s CEO Eija Joro said:

”We are very happy to welcome Ryanair, Europe’s No 1 airline, back to Lappeenranta in the heart of Finnish Lakeland with lots of natural beauty to offer.

This new route to Athens offers great possibilities for Finnish and Russian customers to fly directly from the border town Lappeenranta to the sunny capital of Greece and beyond to multiple destinations in Greek archipelago served by Ryanair with tempting low fares.

​This route also enables an easy gateway for travellers to the exciting metropolis of St. Petersburg, which is only two hours from Lappeenranta Airport.”