Ryanair to launch two routes from Romania to Italy

BUCHAREST, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will start two routes from Romania's western city of Arad and the Black Sea port of Constanta to Italy's Milan and Pisa respectively, the company said on Wednesday. Flights will begin in April and the company said it expects to carry about 80,000 passengers in the first year.
"We made the first step into this market in Arad and Constanta because we reached low cost deals with these airports," said Tomasz Kulakowski, Ryanair's sales and marketing manager for central Europe.
Ryanair also said it was in talks with other regional airports in Romania and its southern neighbour Bulgaria. (Reporting by Marius Zaharia; Editing by David Cowell)