Originally Posted by ICING AOA
Are you sure Ryanair is going to open a base at MAD as well ?? This is a very big and expensive airport, and it is not in FR's philosophy
A good base at Madrid for Ryanair would be Salamanca or Zaragoza
100% sure
Ryanair also gave us the biggest hint ever the other week announcing Dublin to Madrid. Ryanair and Easyjet will be using the old terminal, and are more than happy to do so
Big airport, yes. Expensive, I dunno, imagine they'll be getting a special rate in the old terminal. Philosophy, indeed it's a huge surprise, but if there's money to be made ...?
And yes, I too would love to see growth at Salamanca airport but I don't think Ryanair will ever fly there while they're still at Valladolid. I read somewhere too that Zaragoza airport built a brand new terminal in 28 days!!! Meanwhile, I am however surprised that Zaragoza is a such a quiet airport given it's catchment area...
It can hardly be considered as too close to Barcelona?