Low-cost airline Ryanair has just opened a new base at London Southend Airport kicking off with a hattrick of destinations with new routes to Dublin, Alicante and Kosice in Slovakia. However, routes to Barcelona Reus, Bilbao, Brest, Copenhagen, Corfu, Cluj, Faro, Malaga, Milan Bergamo, Palma and Venice will be opening up from the Essex hub will roll out across the next week. To celebrate the start of these new routes, Ryanair has released seats for sale from £12.99, for travel until the end of May, which must be booked by midnight on Friday 5 April, on Ryanair.com.