whats all this about then ?
Ryanair needs a new base outside Europe to allow expansion, the low-cost airline has announced.
The carrier is not currently able to operate services that fly for longer than four-and-a-half hours due to the type of aircraft it uses.
However, new bases outside Europe would allow Ryanair to develop a network for passengers to travel to Europe, Africa and Asia, according to reports.
"When we want to go outside of the EU Open Skies area, we will need to have a base somewhere else with aircraft on a different register.
For example, If we had a base in Russia, we will put some aircraft into Russia on the Russian register. It would mean nothing except that we'd have more flexibility to fly outside of Europe," the same would also be true to Asia and Africa.