Interesting to see the Oslo to Poland market heating up.

Krakow [21 x weekly]
W6 KTW-TRF: 6 x weekly
FR KRK-TRF: 4 x weekly
FR KRK-RYG: 4 x weekly
DY KRK-OSL: 7 x weekly

Gdansk [16 x weekly]
W6 GDN - TRF: 5 x weekly
FR GDN - RYG: 4 x weekly
DY GDN - OSL: 3 x weekly
SK GDN - OSL: 4 x weekly

Trapani getting 13 new routes from next March .

Trapani
 

Ryanair Holdings Announces Expansion At Trapani Sicily - WSJ.com


New routes
Billund
Bratislava
Cagliari
Eindhoven
Genoa
Gothenburg
Ibiza
Karlsruhe
Krakow
Maastricht
Memmingen
Trieste
Valencia

Increased frequencies
Brussels (Charleroi)
Frankfurt (Hahn)
Dusseldorf (Weeze)

Increased to year-round
Bari
Brindisi
Madrid

I see they missed the new route to Liverpool.

Is that not an LPL based flight? They have two new aircraft next summer so they will have to find somewhere for them to fly!

LPL-TPS was announced last week (op by LPL a/c) and these routes are op. by TPS based a/c.

Also new routes from Bydgoszcz to BHX, BRE, ALC, GRO
TVP BYDGOSZCZ

BHX-BZG
 

BHX is a bit rich as a new route it only finished about three weeks
ago although it was in the special offers section for November for
a couple of days.

Not bookable yet for summer 2010.

Pete

BLQ-AGP 3 weekly from 29 March
BLQ-STN increased to 11 weekly and BLQ-IBZ increased to 4 weekly

Expansion at Bologna - 1 new aircaft, 1 new route - London Stock Exchange

With Lübeck airport set to close in March next year (if no new investor can be found) does anyone think that FR would move operations to Hamburg?

FR won't go to HAM, maybe Wizz but I doubt it, too.

FR can go to BRE, BLL or Rostock (they flew NYO-RLG last summer - not succesful).

Issue being they already fly almost the same destinations from BRE or BLL. For example, only 2 destinations destinations out of LBC is not served from BRE: PSA & DUB, but quite sure they already tried them and it was not working

They may add an extra AC at BRE and increase capacity but unfortunately, frequency effect usually doesn't really work for FR, especially at secondary cities.

Can be a good opportunity for easyJet, but quite sure they won't do anything as always as their expansion so slow

eastjets expanision is measured because it has the flexibility to defer deliveries.

As I understand it, RYR cant, hence the expansion in such odd places.

BRE is not really an alternative as most Hamburgers - especially from the north - would not like to travel the way through their tunnel and then to Bremen - many traffic jams.
BLL is no alternative, as it is to far away, even as Rostock which is more than 200 km away from Hamburg. Maybe Parchim or Jagel, if they open an airport there, but I don´t believe. So either FR buys LBC, finds an investor or they loose at least half of their potential in this region to Air Berlin, Easyjet and Germanwings at Hamburg International.

In the news today:His stand on the issue is precisely the same as almost three years ago, or is it?So far nothing has changed, neither MOL nor Ryanair. But what about MOL's opinion expressed back in 2007? Isn't Ryanair in the need for change any more?

Ryanair will change when MOL leaves: the traits needed to grow the business from a few 200s to 300+ 800s are different from those needed to run a mature enerprise. MOL has always acknowledged that.

The problem that arises from MOL's departure is not one for FR to worry about:on the contrary, as the airline changes and adapts to new leadership, a revised business model and an alternate view on service delivery the worriers should be the minnows in the marketplace, easy, AB, Wizz, BA, EI, bmi ( if it still exists) et al

Slim
 

Some interesting minnows in your list!!

All party's come to an end sooner or later, Maxwell, the British Empire, Dubia the Blair era

Ryanair's day will come, its only the when and the means by which it comes to pass nothing lasts for ever!

Boeing wont do another buy two get one free deal nor will Airbus, the airport owners are getting fed up with the Irish fair weather friend, pax numbers are falling across the UK regional market, not in spite of MOL but because of him, airlines have followed Ryanair down market and the pax are getting bored with feeling raped, it start at the car park and goes all the way to were your going!!

eu01

I think the dates on the 'piece' have been changed to suit !!

MM

mickyman

No, the date is right, check it here.

Anyway, I don't claim MOL should step down as soon as possible. I only dare to insist he should urgently recruit a PR specialist to change Ryanair's image and add the degree of attractiveness resulting not solely from low prices. Some better route & schedule ideas also required.

eu01

I think Ryanair are doing fine as they are.

MM

Share price at a 12 month low

VISA Electron card to be phased out by most banks - Interesting to see what Ryanair do in response. It says that 30% of its punters pay by this method.

MOL said on Irish radio yesterday that they're waiving the fee for Prepaid Master Cards. These are widely available in the U.K. and Ireland.

Wellington bomber

Look outside your window.....

MM

Quite a few years off yet and there will no doubt be a replacement to meet the criteria required.

Does anyone have any experience of Ryanair recruitment and/or being sent to random bases? I've an interview in London but am a little concerned with their extremely random bases where they could place me!

Please message me.

PP;)

Press conference in Oporto on Wednesday.

Prepaid Mastercards now officially announced as free. Charges for Visa Electron use to increase to the standard €5 fee from January 1st.

Nice. I wonder how many people signed up for Electron (or more likely Entropay) just to use Ryanair...

That would be £30.

Never furnish your accomodation at your new base with more than you can carry in hand luggage observing the 10 kilo limit! :rolleyes:

Ryanair's assertion:
Oh really? Please name just a single bank or any other institution in entire Finland offering MasterCard Prepaid cards? Just one? :=

So with a card issue fee , monthly fees , and a charge to actually load the card up with money , for most people its not worth getting .

Be interesting to see how this hits the £1 promotions .

Anybody keeping control of their Bank Account gets a Debit Card.
They are unlikely to want a Pre-Paid Mastercard.
Some of our major Banks now only issue Visa Cards and have moved away completly from Mastercard.
Electron Cards were intended for those who did not qualify for a Debit Card!
This is another ploy by Ryanair to ensure that most of their punters have to pay their extortionate card fees.
Dont forget that they charge £5 per person per sector so a return flight for two people costs £20. Other airlines charge a flat fee per complete booking.

Mickeyman

My head is always looking out of the window, looking for altitude busting Ryanair aircraft, seeing as they are always nearly number one on the list:rolleyes:

3 new aircrafts at ALC airport
 

Press conference this afternoon in Porto.

Lots of rumours about it:

- 2 new planes to be based in Porto (I think this is the strongest rumour)
- Base in Faro
- Any information about starting operations in Lisbon.

Not so sure about LIS.
I can see between 3 and 5 FR aircraft being based in FAO by the summer.

I'm pretty sure they won't announce that they will start flying from and to Lisbon, but I think it's possible that they make some demands, or so. It's public here in Portugal that they interest in it, and that an important person form Ryanair visited LIS two weeks ago.

btw, OPO-Bristol, OPO-LPL and OPO-BHX are back in the summer with two flights per week. These flights will be operated by UK based aircrafts.

I assume if it was a Lisbon or Faro base the conference would be at either airport, so I reckon a few more aircraft for porto.

How many are there at the moment?

Portugese domestic
 

I wonder will Ryanair launch more domestic routes in Portugal, namely to the islands (Madeira and the Azores)?

Madeira has very expensive taxes and there a huge aviation lobby in Azores.