Ryanair’s new route to the ski slopes takes total number of routes from Liverpool to 40

Aug 31 2007 by Haydon Wood, Liverpool Daily Post

RYANAIR yesterday announced a new route from Liverpool for the forthcoming ski season – giving Merseyside skiers the chance to take to the Royal family’s favourite piste at Klosters.

The airport will be linked to Friedrich-shafen in southern Germany – with easy access to St Anton and Ishgl, as well as Klosters.

The announcement of yet another new Ryanair route from Liverpool comes just weeks after the Irish airline announced a host of new services – to Belfast, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Fuerteven-tura, Lodz, Alicante and Tenerife – and reopened services to Grenoble and Salzburg for this year’s ski season.

Ryanair now operates 40 routes from Liverpool and will carry over 2.5m passengers in the coming year, supporting 2,500 jobs in the North West.

Announcing the new route and a “Skis for Free” offer, Ryanair’s head of sales and marketing for the UK Caroline Baldwin said: “Ryanair is offering skiers and snow-boarders an unbeatable package of the lowest fares guaranteed and free ski carriage.

“Friedrichshafen is a fabulous Winter Sport destination offering access to amazing resorts such as Ishgl, St Anton and Klosters.”

Ryanair announced that all passengers who book their seats to the slopes before September 30 will be able to bring their ski equipment absolutely free of charge.