LTN only picks up 1 extra route x3 weekly but does appear to be a LTN based aircraft. I don't think they picked up any additional slots for S24 at LTN.

Rome (FCO/CIA) will get 2 more aircraft this summer - 17 in total. I assume FCO will be increased to put pressure on W6 there.
https://corporate.ryanair.com/novita...rotte-da-roma/

BGY will get a 23rd aircraft while MXP remains at 8
https://corporate.ryanair.com/novita...ate/?market=it

It seems quite certain that Ryanair will further expand in Italy:

- Trieste (TRS) to be announced tomorrow as their 18th base in the country
- Reggio Calabria (REG) to follow as the 19th (brand-new destination for FR) with the official announcement to happen within the next 2 weeks
- Olbia (OLB) to become their 3rd (seasonal) destination in Sardinia for domestic flights starting from S24.

https://www.corriere.it/economia/con...e95b0676.shtml
(Italian only)

It looks like FlyArna in Armenia has suspended operations for the forseeable future.
Time for Ryanair to offer their services while the Armenian Govt and Yerevan airport are in a weak position ?

Looks like Ryanair realise they need OTAs after all.

https://www.travelmole.com/news/ryan...dtYWlsLmNvbQ==

More Italian based aircraft if a condition of Lufthansa take over of ITA occurs
https://aviationweek.com/air-transpo...tra-rome-slots
Obviously if slots are released, no guarantee Ryanair get them, might even go to Easyjet or Wizzair.

Additional 33 aircraft to be based and 5 more bases to be opened in Spain until 2031
https://www.elperiodico.com/es/econo...EPeconomia_cas

Currently FR has 12 bases in Spain: MAD, BCN, PMI, AGP, ALC, TFS, VLC, IBZ, ACE, SVQ, SCQ, GRO

Possible future bases:
LPA, BIO, FUE, Oviedo, Santander, Reus, Granada, Jerez, Murcia, Zaragoza, Castellon etc.

LPA must be one eventually

Several years ago FR had an LPA base but it was closed at the same time as TFS, hopefully as TFS is now re-established LPA will be next.

From Travel Mole:
https://www.travelmole.com/news/ryan...hvby5jby51aw==

Ryanair crawling back to another OTA

https://www.travelmole.com/news/ryan...dtYWlsLmNvbQ==

7th aircraft for Malta this summer
https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/r...-s24-schedule/

Portugal will be reduced to 28 based aircraft. Ponta Delgada is no longer a base and Funchal reduced to 1 aircraft.
https://corporate.ryanair.com/novida...o-em-portugal/

Local press reporting that Valencia will go from seven to none based aircraft this coming summer.

Would you be kind enough to post a link from a news source ? It's fine if it's in Spanish or Catalan/Valencian
The only thing I can see in the Valencian press today is a regurgitated Ryanair press release about 6 new routes and going from 2.8 million seats (seats, not necessarily pax) last year to 3.5 million seats this year

So RYR with then fanfare about restarting TLV flights, will not.
https://aviationweek.com/air-transpo...rminal-closure

Originally reported in Levante but also in this article which is almost word for word the Spanish original

https://247valencia.com/ryanair-unve...n-summer-2024/

VLCfkight - you originally wrote that "Local press reporting that Valencia will go from seven to none based aircraft this coming summer."
The word "none" usually suggests zero or nothing. Did you mean "nine" instead ? Perhaps I should have guessed it was a typo rather than a dramatic change of aircraft deployment.... :-)

Shock tie-up with TUI
 

From Travel Trade Gazette:
https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/breaki...reaking%20News

Win Win for both parties, the Sun flight destinations from the smaller airports in the UK like EXT, MME, NWI and CWL, Certainly make sense now, with TUI also present at all.

Not a win win at all. TUI lose significant control of their product. Customers ask more questions why they should book with TUI when booking direct may be cheaper. Furthermore, hotels are less inclined to offer TUI bulk discounts if they perceive TUI as little more than a travel agent. What is TUI really providing that booking.com and ryanair.com cannot ?