Unconfirmed New Bases, Routes, etc. (Rumours only)

ALEXANDRECCFAIRPORT wrote:For me Eindhoven could be the next one ! when I checked the scheduled for the Eindhove - Warszawa flight the departure time from EIN is at 07:00

Well that means the aircraft must stay at EIN overnight.. which people like to call: being based What a great news!

I don't know ! I can't confirm ! but the winter scheduled is that one : 0700/0900 - 0925/1125

According to Pprune, possible announcement of a base at Maastricht!

According to some rumours, tomorrow is a press conference at Maastricht Aachen Airport, where the airport will make some announcements! I'll keep you updated

HollandRyanair wrote:Ryanair has received 5x daily slots for Rotterdam/the Hague Airport (RTM) for the Winter 2012/2013 schedule. Airport Coordination Netherlands published this information (by accident) and has now been taking offline again. This is what they published:


A RTM FR1234 28OCT 30MAR 1234567 189 73H DUB DUB 0935
D RTM FR1235 28OCT 30MAR 1234567 189 73H 1100 DUB DUB
D RTM FR1356 28OCT 30MAR 1234567 189 73H 1325 DUB DUB
A RTM FR1357 28OCT 30MAR 1234567 189 73H DUB DUB 1200
A RTM FR1936 28OCT 29MAR 1234567 189 73H DUB DUB 1550
D RTM FR1937 28OCT 29MAR 1234567 189 73H 1715 DUB DUB
A RTM FR2468 28OCT 29MAR 1234567 189 73H DUB DUB 1000
D RTM FR2469 28OCT 29MAR 1234567 189 73H 1125 DUB DUB
D RTM FR9875 28OCT 30MAR 1234567 189 73H 1500 DUB DUB
A RTM FR9876 28OCT 30MAR 1234567 189 73H DUB DUB 1325

Note that those flightnumbers already exist, so that has to be filled in as well as the destinations (flightnr's and DUB filled in, but to be decided later).

We all know Ryanair, nothing's sure.

Rotterdam will NOT be a Ryanair destination, negotiations have stopped because of high demand from the airport and RTM's owner (Schiphol)

Not sure if this is true but i read-

On 26 and 27 June respectively, Ryanair launched weekly services to Oviedo (OVD) in the northern Spanish province of Asturias from two airports in the Canary Islands; Gran Canaria (LPA) and Tenerife South (TFS). The Spanish carrier Air Europa provides competition on both domestic routes; it offers twice-weekly flights from Gran Canaria, and five weekly from Tenerife Sur. Additionally Ryanair further expanded its presence in East Midlands (EMA) in the UK, as it added twice-weekly flights to Zadar (ZAD) on the central Croatian coast.

And...

Ryanair eyes 19 cities from Poland's newest airportRyanair CEO Michael O'Leary said that as of July 16 the carrier would offer connections from Modlin to Barcelona, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Dublin, Dusseldorf, the East Midlands, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester.

Ryanairflyer wrote:Not sure if this is true but i read-

On 26 and 27 June respectively, Ryanair launched weekly services to Oviedo (OVD) in the northern Spanish province of Asturias from two airports in the Canary Islands; Gran Canaria (LPA) and Tenerife South (TFS). The Spanish carrier Air Europa provides competition on both domestic routes; it offers twice-weekly flights from Gran Canaria, and five weekly from Tenerife Sur. Additionally Ryanair further expanded its presence in East Midlands (EMA) in the UK, as it added twice-weekly flights to Zadar (ZAD) on the central Croatian coast.

And...

Ryanair eyes 19 cities from Poland's newest airportRyanair CEO Michael O'Leary said that as of July 16 the carrier would offer connections from Modlin to Barcelona, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Dublin, Dusseldorf, the East Midlands, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester.

Both Oviedo (Asturias) routes were announced when Spanair ceased operations, and began this week operating, just as EMA to Zadar.
The routes to Modlin are already announced and on the route map.

Proves one thing the guys on this forum are very efficient -

http://www.check-in.dk/newselement.cfm?sSearchString=Ryanair+&x=3&y=10&nNewsArticleID=64859
(reference found on www.luchtzak.be)

18-07-2012
Ryanair has applied for takeoff and landing permits in Copenhagen Airport for the winter traffic program beginning on 28 October.
The application includes 34 routes :

Spain
Alicante, Barcelona Girona, Barcelona Reus, Fuerteventura, Jerez de la Frontera, Lanzarote, Madrid, Malaga, Santander, Tenerife and Valencia.

Italy
Bari, Brindisi, Milan-Bergamo, Pisa, Rimini, Rome Ciampino and Treviso-Venice.

France
Paris-Beauvais, Marseille, Montpellier and Nantes.

Britain and Ireland
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin and Shannon.

Finland
Lappeenranta and Tampere

Norway
Haugesund

Germany
Leipzig-Halle

Holland
Eindhoven

Belgium
Brussels Charleroi

Lithuania
Kaunas


Ryanair has previously applied for slots at Copenhagen Airport. Most recently, for the winter traffic program 2010/11, but they were not exploited.
The difference is that Ryanair this time have applied for slots that are adapted to a base operation, so that up to eight aircraft will have to stay overnight at the airport according to the requested dates of operation.

There is a general perception in the industry that Ryanair - like other airlines - and to apply for slots in order to confuse the competition and put pressure on airports in the negotiations.

At Copenhagen Airport, they do not want to comment specifically on Ryanair's application for start and landing permits.
"Ryanair is always welcome at Copenhagen Airport at exactly the same conditions as everyone else. At CPH, we have a dual-airport strategy which means that we CPH Go can offer special terms for low-cost airlines, "says senior communications advisor Lars Lemche from Copenhagen Airport.

"We do not comment on rumors and speculation," says Stephen McNamara, who is communications director at Ryanair.

Airlines must return unused slots within 60 days before the requested start time. This means that Ryanair must decide before the end of August whether they actually use the slots they have requested.

http://www.air-journal.fr/2012-07-24-ryanair-irait-bien-en-israel-552996.html


Ryanair has reportedly expressed his desire to launch flights to Tel Aviv, pushing the Israeli government to sign as soon as possible the European open skies agreement.

According to the Haaretz newspaper, 23 July 2012, Ryanair would agree for three years not to open routes between Tel Aviv airport and destinations already served by the Israeli national airline El Al.
Ryanair considers that it could launch up to 40 routes to Israel, to transport 2.2 million passengers a year between the country and Europe. This would mainly be foreign tourists to Israel. Ryanair refutes the idea that such competition would sink El Al.
The "protection" of operations of El Al, Arkia Israel Airlines and Israir Airlines is the main reason why the government has still not signed the open skies agreement while committed in principle.

http://www.haaretz.com/business/budget-airline-ryanair-expresses-interest-in-entering-israeli-market-1.452902

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That "Open skies agreement" has just been signed :

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000770159&fid=1725

The Israelian Ministry of Transport believe that implementation of the open skies agreement will begin in a few months, and take several years, in order to give Israeli airlines time to adapt to the new competitive market structure. As part of the gradual implementation, seven weekly flights will be added to all European destinations, and three weekly flights will be added to a limited number of airport hubs, which currently have substantial passenger traffic from Israel and a large number of follow-on destinations.

Do you know the routes ?

NEW ROUTES FROM VILNIUS (From 7nov 2012)

Liverpool
Leeds Bradford
Oslo Rygge
Charleroi
London Luton

It seems that those routes are moved from Kaunas to Vilnius, some say from 28/10/12 :
http://www.goedkoopvliegenclub.nl/nieuws.html
(reference found on www.luchtzak.be)

I found this info on wikipedia :

3 New routes from riga to :

Birmingham
Edinburgh
Shannon

From May 2013

Aktion (Greece) to Brussels South Charleroi
Aktion (Greece) to Rome Ciampino

See on pprune

Manchester (MAN) to Riga Intl (RIX)
Manchester (MAN) to Gdansk-Rebiechowo (GDN)

A conference will be held tomorrow at Budapest. "You are invited to attend a press conference, hosted by Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary [...] on Thursday (30 Aug) [...], to discuss Ryanair’s plans to take over the world - starting with Budapest Airport," the no-frills carrier said in an email.
http://www.portfolio.hu/en/economy/ryanair_to_take_over_the_world_starting_with_budapest_airport.24758.html

Rome-Ciampino (CIA) to Cuneo (CUF)

Another press conference in Modlin today.
http://modlinlotnisko.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/30082012-konferencja-ryanair-o-nowych.html (Polish)

Number of aircraft based in Budapest raised to 6 this winter, no new routes (well, Frankfurt-Hahn, but that one had been announced earlier). Number of aircraft based in BUD could be increased to 8 next summer.

Will be confirmed this monday

Carcassonne, Salvaza (CCF) to Paris, Beauvais Tillé (BVA)

http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/09/07/exclusif-ryanair-lance-une-ligne-carcassonne-paris-beauvais-en-decembre,163232.php#Séquence_1

Cluj-Napoca airport says:

LAUNCHING OF PUBLIC TENDER PROCEDURE FOR START-UP FINANCIAL AID GRANTED BY CLUJ COUNTY COUNCIL TO THE AIRLINES OPENING NEW ROUTES FROM CLUJ AIRPORT | 13/08/2012

Based on European Commission’s approval – Decision SA 34050 (2012/N), Cluj County Council and Cluj-Napoca International Airport launch on 20th of August 2012 the public tender evaluation procedure for granting financial aid to the airlines which start up new routes departing from Cluj-Napoca.
The procedure is being launched for the following destinations: Brussels South Charleroi (Belgium) and Weeze-Dusseldorf (Germany).

No airline mentioned, but it could be Ryanair. Next biddings are for Alicante, Dublin, Berlin-Schönefeld and Turin-Cuneo, according to the Romanian story when you click on 'Read more'.

According to this Dutch article, http://maastricht.dichtbij.nl/ondernemen/ryanair-heeft-grote-plannen-maastricht Ryanair have "ambitious plans with Maastricht". No routes are mentioned, but it says Ryanair is already planning to base more aircraft at the airport (from December 2012, 1 Boeing 737-800 will be based here)

Wouter wrote:According to this Dutch article, http://maastricht.dichtbij.nl/ondernemen/ryanair-heeft-grote-plannen-maastricht Ryanair have "ambitious plans with Maastricht". No routes are mentioned, but it says Ryanair is already planning to base more aircraft at the airport (from December 2012, 1 Boeing 737-800 will be based here)

Tuesday press conference at Maastricht! According to mst-aviation.nl, probably a second based aircraft and more destinations to be announced!

Wouter wrote:
Tuesday press conference at Maastricht! According to mst-aviation.nl, probably a second based aircraft and more destinations to be announced!

Now the only news that could be better is having Ryanair place another MASSIVE aircraft (Boeing or Airbus) order!