Ryanair has announced the launch of new flights from Stansted Airport to Turku in South West Finland.

The Stansted to Turku service is one of four of the airlines first routes from Turku.

Flights will commence on 27 March 2012.

Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said: “Ryanair is pleased to announce our first four Turku routes to Barcelona (Girona), Brussels (Charleroi), London (Stansted) and Malaga, which will commence in April next and offer passengers in the South West of Finland really low fares for the first time. Ryanair’s Turku routes will deliver over 100,000 passengers p.a. and sustain 100 local jobs.”