Something I wanted to add to that post... but slightly different:
Originally Posted by Cyrano
I think we could agree 100% that a lot of Ryanair airports are out of the way and require long bus journeys.....
Yes but let's not forget that they are also targetting much wider passenger catchment areas. e.g. Frankfurt-Hahn airport maybe 160km from FRA but has now also got great bus links to other populated areas of Western Germany and beyond. It could just as well be called Luxemburg-Hahn, Trier-Hahn etc.
Also, think about othe important exceptions like Ciampino... actually the closest airport to Rome centre AFIK!
Many of their destinations are also new-startups into what they see as a new catchment area (not only targeting cities), which up until now have had NO significant airlinks by ANY airline. e.g the 3-country catchment area of (tiny) Friedrichshafen, Karlsruhe-Baden (2 countries), Valladolid and many of their Polish destinations.