Ryanair, the UK's favourite airline, today (20 Jan) announced it will increase its Edinburgh-London Stansted service from 3 to 4 x daily for winter 2015, in response to phenomenal demand from business customers.

Ryanair will also increase frequencies on 5 other routes from Edinburgh to Alicante, Frankfurt Hahn, Krakow, Malaga and Tenerife, as Scottish customers and visitors flock to Ryanair for its range of destinations at the lowest fares, with the most flights, improved schedules and best service.

2015 marks Ryanair's 30th birthday. Over the past 30 years, Ryanair has grown to become Europe's biggest airline, carrying 100m people annually, between 30 countries, and saving European customers over €11bn every year. To celebrate its 30th birthday, Ryanair is releasing 100,000 seats for sale across its European network, at prices from £19.99 for travel in February, March and April. These low fare seats are available for booking until midnight Thursday (22 Jan).

In Edinburgh, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said:

"Ryanair will increase the frequency of our Edinburgh-London Stansted service from 3 to 4 x daily from winter 2015 and add additional frequencies on its winter routes from Edinburgh to Alicante, Frankfurt Hahn, Krakow, Malaga and Tenerife in response to phenomenal demand from Scottish customers, visitors and business travellers.

2014 was a record year for Ryanair as we rolled out our "Always Getting Better" customer experience improvement programme and we will continue to deliver further enhancements into 2015 and beyond. UK customers already choose Ryanair for our low fares and our industry leading customer service.

To celebrate our extended Edinburgh-London service, and 30th birthday, we are releasing 100,000 seats on sale from £19.99 for travel in February, March and April which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (22 Jan). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log ontowww.ryanair.com and avoid missing out."

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