DUBLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Europe's biggest budget airline Ryanair has held talks with officials from Niagara Falls airport with a view to launching a transatlantic service from Dublin, the Irish Examiner reported on Monday.
The report did not cite sources.
'Ryanair meets with lots of airports and at their request we met them,' a Ryanair spokeswoman said, without giving further details.
The Irish Examiner quoted Gregory Stamm, chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority as saying after the meeting there was 'a market on both ends for these charters'.
'It's a matter of how this would fit into Ryanair's expansion plans,' Stamm was quoted as saying.
NFTA's website says the body was aiming to attract low fare airlines to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, which is situated close to the Niagara Falls tourist spot and to Canada.
Ryanair has said in the past it was interested in setting up a no-frills transatlantic airline, which would be a stand-alone operation.
(Reporting by Jonathan Saul; Editing by Rupert Winchester) Keywords: RYANAIR/NIAGARA (jonathan.saul@reuters.com; +353 1 500 1504; Reuters Messaging: jonathan.saul.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The report did not cite sources.
'Ryanair meets with lots of airports and at their request we met them,' a Ryanair spokeswoman said, without giving further details.
The Irish Examiner quoted Gregory Stamm, chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority as saying after the meeting there was 'a market on both ends for these charters'.
'It's a matter of how this would fit into Ryanair's expansion plans,' Stamm was quoted as saying.
NFTA's website says the body was aiming to attract low fare airlines to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, which is situated close to the Niagara Falls tourist spot and to Canada.
Ryanair has said in the past it was interested in setting up a no-frills transatlantic airline, which would be a stand-alone operation.
(Reporting by Jonathan Saul; Editing by Rupert Winchester) Keywords: RYANAIR/NIAGARA (jonathan.saul@reuters.com; +353 1 500 1504; Reuters Messaging: jonathan.saul.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.