Two Irish airlines yesterday unveiled new routes within Europe: CityJet said it would fly four return flights a day between Dublin and Britain's East Midlands airport; while Ryanair said it would fly six new routes from London's Stansted airport.

Fares on CityJet would be aimed at both leisure and business travellers, the company said. Ryanair said it would provide low fare tickets between Stansted and Venice, Pisa and Rimini in Italy; St Etienne and Carcassonne in France; and Kristianstad, Sweden.