Edinburgh airport gets new three new Ryanair flights

Ryanair will begin new flights from Edinburgh to Marrakech, Faro and Paris

The director of Edinburgh airport has welcomed the news that Ryanair is to operate three new destinations from the capital, as part of expansion plans.

Scotland will get its first direct link to Morocco with flights to Marrakech from Edinburgh, and there will be new services to Paris and Faro in Portugal.

Ryanair will also increase the frequency of planes on 9 other routes.

Edinburgh airport director Gordon Dewar said the news made the city "better connected than ever".

Mr Dewar said: "We're delighted that Ryanair has chosen Edinburgh for this expansion.

"It is also pleasing that this approach has meant that we have managed to replace the seats lost by the collapse of Flyglobespan late last year."

The changes will take effect from May and Ryanair's traffic at Edinburgh airport is expected to grow to approximately 2.5m passengers a year.

The new services will increase the airline's destinations from Edinburgh to 39, with six planes based at the airport.

The announcement has come a day after the airline announced a new route between Edinburgh and Kaunus in Lithuania.

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