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Ryanair adds domestic flights to get students home for Christmas

Ryanair is laying on extra domestic flights once lockdown in England ends to help university students get hone for Christmas.

The no-frills airline is opening a new Stansted-Edinburgh route initially with two flights a week between December 4 and January 8.

Ryanair will also be running two flights a week between Stansted and Belfast, four a week between Liverpool and Derry and three a week between Edinburgh and the Northern Ireland city.

Fares are being offered at £19.99 one-way across the four routes in a sale which runs until midnight tonight (Monday).

The deal is being promoted to help students travel home and return to universities in the new year.

It follows the government confirming a ‘student travel window’ between December 3-9 to allow travel home from university once lockdown in England ends on December 2.

A Ryanair spokeswoman said: “We welcome this ‘travel window’ guidance which allows students the opportunity to fly home to their families and friends, in advance of the busy Christmas travel rush.” 

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