Ryanair - 9

[Khuitlio]

Ryanair’s Dublin winter 2016 schedule will deliver:

2 new routes to Hamburg (5 weekly) & Sofia (3)

5 new winter services to Athens (2 weekly), Bologna (2) Murcia (2), Porto (2) & Seville (2)

More flights to Bucharest (5 weekly), Gatwick (8 daily)

- See more at: Welcome to Ryanair!

[FRatSTN]

New base... Hamburg

Looks like Hamburg is set to be a new base looking at the times on a new route to Brussels:

FR2902 dep. HAM 06:50, arr. BRU 08:10
FR2901 dep. BRU 08:35, arr. HAM 09:55

FR2908 dep. HAM 18:50, arr. BRU 20:10
FR2907 dep. BRU 20:35, arr. HAM 21:55

So that would be another base to add in line with EZY.

[FRatSTN]

New base... Sofia

Looks like Sofia will also be a new base for Winter 2016/17. Both newly announced routes to CRL and DUB are on Sofia based aircraft.

[FRatSTN]

New base... Bucharest

Bucharest also to become a base:

FR2102, dep. OTP 06:45, arr. CRL 08:45
FR2101, dep. CRL 09:10, arr. OTP 12:55

So, looks as if W6 has itself a bit more competition too with SOF and OTP (and TSR already announced).

[racedo]

Originally Posted by FRatSTN

Bucharest also to become a base:

FR2102, dep. OTP 06:45, arr. CRL 08:45
FR2101, dep. CRL 09:10, arr. OTP 12:55

So, looks as if W6 has itself a bit more competition too with SOF and OTP (and TSR already announced).

Ryanair has held back expansion through lack of aircraft and went for increasing profits instead, a sensible move given the way oil prices went through the roof. Unfortunately it meant a lot of airports lost routes.

Now with lots of new aircraft and low oil prices the expansion restarts.

[shamrock7seal]

BOH-DUB

Is there any desire within FR to bring this route back? Why was it ever dropped?

[shamrock7seal]

easyJet BOH base

U2 apparently reviewed a potential base at BOH with the following route studies being completed (but no timeline):

Faro, Funchal, Palma, Bordeaux, Nice, Gibralter, Seville, Almeria, Barcelona & Venice

Would this affect FR ops?

[StevieW]

Nope, children's fantasies won't affect FR ops.

Back to the real world.

[racedo]

Flew on one of the new 738's this morning, it was one of those delivered apparently, the new narrower seats definitely give a lot more extra room.

Not yet sure on the overhead lockers though interior a definite improvement.

I do however like the new Uniform for cabin crew which changed today, looks really smart.

[Jorik]

Ryanair to drop Oslo Rygge base?

Local newspaper Moss Avis reported Monday that Ryanair’s summer flight program would continue as planned, but that the airline would drop flights from Rygge at the end of October if the tax proposal goes through.

Ryanair to drop flights from Rygge

[FRatSTN]

Yes I noticed for the first time today Ryanair crew wearing the new uniforms. Look very smart, although haven't seen the new interiors as yet.

Ryanair seems to have loaded the schedules for pretty much all of Italy for Winter 2016/17. Everything currently showing as "Sold Out" but that's how it normally starts off. Seems to be quite an increase in UK routes that are currently summer only routes...

Birmingham to Verona
Bristol to Milan-BGY and Venice-TSF
East Midlands to Rome-CIA
Edinburgh to Bologna
Liverpool to Pisa

Plus...

Edinburgh to Rome-CIA increases from 3x to 5x weekly
Manchester to Milan-BGY and Rome-CIA both increase from 7 to 9x weekly

[GAZMO]

Apparently BFS to Milan as well

[Schorschi]

Also new:
BGY-HAM
BGY-NUE
CIA-NUE
Looks like NUE is also becoming a base...

[NorthEasterner]

Ryanair at Newcastle

Think Ryanair needs to increase its presence here in Newcastle, DUB flight could do with being twice a day everyday as load factors are well above 90% on most flights. The new AGP and ALC flights are good but times coming back to NCL are dreadful and not suited for most of the travelling PAX. FLYBE are dropping the STN route, maybe a good idea for FR to pick this up and trial it? We could do with new destinations as well from NCL.

NE

[EI-BUD]

Northeasterner,

Good suggestion re Ryanair doing STN, though EasyJet did the route for a long time after inheriting it from GO. Given so many have tried it I'd be surprised and moreover Ryanair had other of domestic routes ex STN that got caned including Blackpool and Newquay.. I'd suggest unlikely.

Welcome to pprune...

EI-BUD

[Gulf Julliet Papa]

Why are the times not convenient from AGP/ALC?

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by NorthEasterner

Think Ryanair needs to increase its presence here in Newcastle, DUB flight could do with being twice a day everyday as load factors are well above 90% on most flights. The new AGP and ALC flights are good but times coming back to NCL are dreadful and not suited for most of the travelling PAX. FLYBE are dropping the STN route, maybe a good idea for FR to pick this up and trial it? We could do with new destinations as well from NCL.

NE

Two things - first, with Ryanair PAX they buy primarily on price, timing is secondary.

Second, if FlyBe can't make a DH4 pay on NCL/STN I'm at a loss to see how FR could with an aircraft more than twice the capacity - and that's before you even take into account the domestic APD which makes all but the principal truck routes less viable.

Surely, unless you want to travel to Essex (does anyone want to travel to Essex?) getting to London is best done by rail from Newcastle?

[Jorik]

NEW routes from Milan (Malpensa/Bergamo)

Milan Malpensa – Gran Canaria – Milan Malpensa: 1 daily
Milan Malpensa – Sofia – Milan Malpensa: 1 daily
Milan Malpensa – Catania – Milan Malpensa: 4 daily
Milan Malpensa – Brussels-Zaventem – Milan Malpensa: 2 daily

Milan Bergamo – Timisoara – Milan Bergamo: 5 per week
Milan Bergamo – Prague – Milan Bergamo: 1 daily
Milan Bergamo – Gdansk – Milan Bergamo: 3 per week
Milan Bergamo – Hamburg – Milan Bergamo: 1 daily
Milan Bergamo – Nuremberg – Milan Bergamo: 1 daily

[HH6702]

Shame no Milan to Newcastle.
Hopefully if Newcastle gets more flights this coming winter it gets announce then.

Ryanair needs to offer more flights from Newcastle and build up some trust from the local people.

[NorthEasterner]

Northeasterner,

Good suggestion re Ryanair doing STN, though EasyJet did the route for a long time after inheriting it from GO. Given so many have tried it I'd be surprised and moreover Ryanair had other of domestic routes ex STN that got caned including Blackpool and Newquay.. I'd suggest unlikely.

Welcome to pprune...

EI-BUD

Yes it seems that FLYBE seem to drop the routes after taking all the discount. FLYBE ops quite not steady and often change all the time. At the moment the flight is being picked up by LoganAir sold via FLYBE and operated by BMI Regional.

Why are the times not convenient from AGP/ALC?

Leaving at 6AM-7AM in the mornings. Which isn't ideal if you're on holiday.

Two things - first, with Ryanair PAX they buy primarily on price, timing is secondary.

Second, if FlyBe can't make a DH4 pay on NCL/STN I'm at a loss to see how FR could with an aircraft more than twice the capacity - and that's before you even take into account the domestic APD which makes all but the principal truck routes less viable.

Surely, unless you want to travel to Essex (does anyone want to travel to Essex?) getting to London is best done by rail from Newcastle?

I can see from that point of view, but the prices FLYBE are charging £50+ (1 way) could potentially be beaten by Ryanair's low prices.

Shame no Milan to Newcastle.
Hopefully if Newcastle gets more flights this coming winter it gets announce then.

Ryanair needs to offer more flights from Newcastle and build up some trust from the local people.

Milan would be a good destination, EasyJet don't serve the route nor do Jet2. Only possible via LHR.

NE