Ryanair expands winter schedule from Leeds Bradford

RYANAIR has announced the further expansion of its Leeds Bradford winter 2016 schedule, with two services to Bratislava and Vilnius, in addition to Gran Canaria and Warsaw.

The airline’s Leeds Bradford winter 2016 schedule will deliver 15 routes in total, operating 51 weekly flights. The schedule includes four new routes to Bratislava (twice weekly), Gran Canaria (twice weekly), Vilnius (twice weekly) and Warsaw (twice weekly), and a new twice weekly winter service to Faro in Portugal. There will also be more flights to Alicante (five weekly), Krakow (four weekly), Lanzarote (three weekly) and Tenerife (three weekly).

With the expansion, Ryanair is expected to help deliver 1.1 million passengers a year and support 825 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Tony Hallwood, Aviation Development director at Leeds Bradford Airport said: ‘Bratislava and Vilnius are both fantastic destinations for city breaks and for business travel.’

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WIZZ AIR is to introduce a twice weekly service between Glasgow and the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. 

It will be the first time Vilnius has been served as a destination from Glasgow, and will operate a year round, twice weekly service starting in September.


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Vilnius offers biggest bang for your soaring UK £

THE rise of sterling has seen prices plunge in three-quarters of the European cities surveyed for the annual Post Office Travel Money City Costs Barometer. 

The increasingly powerful pound means city-breakers now have up to 22 percent more to spend than a year ago, equating to £90 extra on a £500 transaction.

For the seventh year running, Eastern European cities will offer bargain hunters the best value – taking seven of the leading ten places in the Post Office’s survey of 28 cities. 

Lithuanian capital Vilnius, with the city's Dawn Gate pictured is the newest eurozone member, tops the chart after registering a fall of over 15 per cent year-on-year in the overall cost of the barometer basket.

It would have been a clean sweep for the Baltic States, were it not for Budapest, which comes in second in the City Costs Barometer chart.

Andrew Brown of Post Office Travel Money said: ‘It’s a win/win situation for UK holidaymakers this year in European cities because prices are down in the majority of cities we surveyed, thanks to the soaring value of sterling. However, prices continue to vary significantly in different cities, so it makes sense to do some holiday homework before taking the plunge and booking a capital break.’

For the third consecutive year, Stockholm is Europe’s most expensive city, although prices for UK visitors are down by more than 14 percent.

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Lonely Planet accolade for Lithuania

LITHUANIA has been ranked third in Lonely Planet's top ten Best in Travel destinations for 2015.

After ten years of European Union membership, Lithuania joins the single currency zone in January in 2015.

Its capital, Vilnius, has been declared the cleanest air capital of Europe, and is the second-most cost effective destination to visit for British travellers, according to the Post Office City Costs Barometer 2014. 

The country has four UNESCO world heritage sites: Vilnius Historic Centre, Kernave Archaelogical site, Struve Geodetic Arc, and the Curonian Spit.

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