Ryanair to unveil more routes from Frankfurt in 6-8 weeks - executive

Ryanair will announce by around late March how much it will step up its service from Lufthansa's home hub of Frankfurt, CMO Kenny Jacobs said. "We need another 6 to 8 weeks to finish our planning, and then we will announce new routes," he said, adding Ryanair would add routes to new Mediterranean destinations and to cities popular with business travellers. Ryanair has been working on attracting more business customers. CE Michael O'Leary said Wednesday that the carrier aimed to boost the share of bookings in the "leisure plus" and "business plus" categories to 10% from around 4% currently within 5 years. Ryanair had first announced plans to move into Frankfurt in November, stepping up its push into bigger airports and ratcheting up pressure on Lufthansa, which is expanding its own budget flights. <br/>