Ryanair has announced it will open a new base in Eindhoven in April 2013. This will be the budget airline’s 52nd base in Europe and the 2nd in the Netherlands.

The new base in Eindhoven will result in new routes to Agadir, Bordeaux, Chania and Fez as well as increased frequencies to Alicante, Faro, Ibiza, Malaga, Marrakech and Pisa.

At the announcement, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “Ryanair is delighted to announce Eindhoven as our 52nd base and unveil 4 new routes (31 in total) to/from Agadir, Bordeaux, Chania and Fez beginning in April, and the extension of our Warsaw Modlin route, which started in October, as part of our summer schedule, which go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow.”