Ryanair Expansion in Sweden
Sorry, can't link to this page in the FT, but here's a precis :
Ryanair, the Irish low-cost airline, is expected to announce today that it is broadening its attack on the European aviation market with the opening of its first operating base in Scandinavia at Stockholm-Skavsta airport.
Skavsta, about 60 miles south of Stockholm, will be the airline's fourth operating base in continental Europe and will become part of its rapidly expanding network, aimed at making Ryanair the largest short-haul airline in Europe within five to six years.
The group is expected to announce this week that it will also be developing its presence in the German market, launching to Airport Niederrhein in north-western Germany. Niederrhein, which is being developed as a civil airport on the site of a former UK fighter base close to the Dutch border, is scheduled to open in May.
Ryanair is expected to base three or four aircraft at Skavsta with the opening of a network to several European locations.
These are likely to include the existing services to London Stansted and Frankfurt-Hahn as well as Paris-Beauvais, Glasgow-Prestwick and destinations within the Nordic region.
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