Ryanair Release Cheap Flights Seat in May and June

Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced that from midnight (24:00hrs) Monday 4th April it will release 1million £8 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in May and June.

These “all in” low fares will be available on over 1,000 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday 7th April.

Ryanair’s £8 Seat Sale includes all taxes and charges so passengers who choose to avoid discretionary fees by paying for Ryanair’s cheapest flights with MasterCard Prepaid, travel with carry on luggage only and decline our priority boarding service can book, check-in online and fly for this advertised £8 fare on these seat sale flights.

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:

“Only Ryanair sells Europe’s lowest fares with a no fuel surcharge guarantee. In addition to our lowest fares we also deliver Europe’s No1 on-time performance across over 1,200 routes. From midnight tonight, passengers can book these £8 seats for travel on over 1,000 European destinations in May and June. These seats can only be booked until midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (7th April) and are sure to be snapped up fast so we urge passengers to book them on ryanair.com before they sell out.”

Ryanair announces £7 weekend seat sale

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