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Courtesy: Sean Flynn   Ryanair today celebrated carrying its 9.5 million passenger to/from Cork. In just 26 years Ryanair has grown from a one route operation at Cork to now offering passengers in the South West a choice of 24 top European destinations across 7 countries. The airline set up Cork as it's 14th European base on 24th November 2005 initially with a single Boeing 737-800 operating four routes to Dublin, London Gatwick, London Stansted and Liverpool. At the peak of the Celtic Tiger over 340,000 passengers used the Dublin-Cork route in 2009, which was in the top 10 ten routes with 5 daily flights (20-F SEC Annual Report 2008/9). In June 2011 it added a second Boeing 737-800 to the base on a seasonal basis launching routes to Alicante,Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, La Rochelle, Reus and Tenerife South. The carrier progressively expanded it's European network in 2012 with the launch of new routes to Gdansk, Krakow,  Vilinus,Warsaw and Wroclaw, f

                                                      Courtesy: Paul Doyle  Myanmar's Yangon Airways has taken delivery of former Aer Arann ATR72-500 EI-REP.  This aircraft was disposed of as part of the 'New Beginning' strategy as the carrier takes delivery of eight new ATR72-600s in fleet renewal programme. The aircraft performed a short air test from Dublin Airport on Monday 8th July as REA100M prior to ferry flight to its new owner. EI-REP ATR72-212A c/n 797 hex code 4CA6D5 departed Dublin Airport at 0345 hours local as REA797 on Monday 8th July on delivery. We understand the aircraft routed via Aktion (Greece)-Alexandria (Egypt)-Al Ain (UAE)-Nagpur (India) to Yangon International Airport its new home arriving 0830 local on Saturday 13th July. Yangon Airways operates two ATR72-212A's. Irish Aviation Research Institute © 16th July 2013 All Rights Reserved.