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

Forget about the rumours on a Santander base. MOL was there on Tuesday, which was just a disappointing as the Maastricht press conference. Just pax statistics and routes already announced. It will be 17 routes this summer and MOL rejected all the rumours on a Santander base.

http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20130115/local/cantabria-general/ryanair-operara-este-verano-201301151648.html

Expanding to Israel and Georgia? Maybe. https://www.google.be/search?q=ryanair+georgia+israel&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=nl&client=safari

Tomorrow press conference at yet another German airport: Münster-Osnabrück. Girona and Palma de Mallorca are rumours to be the first routes.

The return of Ryanair to Verona-Brescia? According to http://www.theairdb.com/news/20130203120-ryanair.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter (which has just been updated since a long time) Ryanair will open 16 routes, to London-Stansted, London-Luton, Düsseldorf-Weeze, Leeds-Bradford, Liverpool, Cork, Rome-Ciampino, Oslo-Rygge, Barcelona-El Prat, Bremen, Milan-Bergamo (??), Paris-Beauvais, Dublin, Chania, Brussels-Charleroi and Karlsruhe-Baden.

Ryanair left Brescia in 2010 if I remember correctly, transferring all flights to Verona International Airport.

Tomorrow Press conference at KRK airport !
Some rumours about a new route to MRS

Will Ryanair operate flights from Warsaw Chopin airport? The airport is on the 'new routes' list on the website. If you change 'Modlin' to 'Chopin' you get this page: http://www.ryanair.com/pl/loty-z/warsaw-chopin-do-budapeszt Is it a new airport, or just because Modlin is closed? Maybe they will drop Modlin and start from Chopin? What do you think?

normally it s just because WMI is closed ! it was the same when Venice/Treviso has been closed and when transfered all flights to venice marco polo both airports appeared on the route map

Vicwou wrote:Catania to Maastricht, Eindhoven and Brussels!

Any updates on this rumour? I heard that there will be some more new destinations from Maastricht for this summer schedule but there's nothing mentioned yet, however the official summer schedule from Maastricht Aachen Airport is online already..

According to
http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=49558&start=20

Charleroi to Alicante : frequency raised to 9 weekly from May 2nd (11 in peak period)
Charleroi to Valladolid : cancelled from 4 March (an old route !)

Until recently with Modlin closed, you would still buy a fare (and get a boarding pass) to WMI (and from WMI - their boarding passes were valid at Chopin WAW). However, with effect from March 1st the booking system is using Chopin instead (much to general frustration last week when trying to book a ticket out on Monday 25th Feb and back on Friday 1st March - had to be on two separate bookings) - so that's probably why both are appearing on the route map at the moment.

WMI may remain closed till end of year

for winter season all traffic is routed to WAW. What will be in summer noone knows..... but... Winter 2013/14 there may be some surprises that traffic will be moved to Radom (new airport which should become operational in September)

are there any news on routes previously forecasted from Italian airports? Napoli etc?

Seems that RYR will leave Asturias and Bilbao and much reduce traffic at Madrid and Barcelona if the airport taxes are not reduced (they have recently been much raised). Lowering the total Spanish traffic by 5,4 million pax in 2013.

Michael O'Leary said at TSF :
Q : shall Canova (Treviso) become a Ryanair base ?
A : We'll see in 3 years. In the meantime, our next new base will be opened in the south, probably in Sicily, where there are airports which have been deserted by other airlines such as Alitalia - they need passengers and offer fares that are most interesting.

Resta in piedi l'ipotesi di fare del Canova una base Ryanair?
«Vedremo tra 3 anni. Nel frattempo la nostra prossima nuova base verrà aperta nel sud, probabilmente in Sicilia, dove ci sono dei buchi lasciati da altre compagnie, a partire da Alitalia, e gli aeroporti che si ritrovano ad aver bisogno di passeggeri propongono costi che per noi sono decisamente più favorevoli».

Ryanair in talks over Cardiff Airport routes

The Welsh Government is in talks with budget airline Ryanair about operating from Cardiff Airport as its purchase of the terminal is expected to be confirmed next week, it is understood.

Before Christmas the Welsh Government entered into exclusive talks to buy the Rhoose-based airport from Spanish owners Abertis.
The initial agreement between the two parties, subject to a due diligence process, is understood to be around £51m.

It is understood representatives of the Welsh Government have already sounded out a number of low-cost airlines over setting up operations at the airport, including Ryanair. However, Ryanair’s wish list of support is understood to have been too high for the Welsh Government – although discussions are continuing.

Read more: Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2013/03/23/91466-33043768/#ixzz2OMRwpY5n

Ryanair will open a base in Bratislava with 2 to 10 airplanes after 2014: http://austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2013/04/10/oleary-basis-in-bts-ab-201415.html

i see there is a special weekend from montpellier to dublin 26-28th of april 2013. i wonder is this a tester and maybe a more permanent route depending how the weekend goes. has anyone heard anything.

http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/ryanair-mulls-poland-israel-route-055348729.html

Extract :

Low-cost European airline Ryanair is looking at introducing flights between Israel and Poland to cater for Israeli schoolchildren visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
"It seems that every Israeli child has to go to Poland to go and see Auschwitz. We can help them with that," said the carrier's deputy chief executive, Howard Millar.

A Ryanair spokesman confirmed to AFP that the airline "has had discussions with a number of Israeli airports, but they are purely exploratory at this time".
He rejected the characterisation that Ryanair was trying to cash in on Jewish children's visits to Auschwitz, saying Millar was merely remarking on the potential for growth in the Israeli market.

The site, located near Krakow in southern Poland, has become a major visitor attraction and many schools in Israel organise educational trips there for their pupils.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/low-cost-airline-ryanair-mulls-israel-auschwitz-route-1.525427

Some 25,000 Israeli teenagers visit Nazi death camps in Poland annually in trips organized since 1988 by Israeli high schools and Israel’s Education Ministry. Parents pay about $1,500 per student, with some $580 going to cover flight costs.
According to Israel’s education ministry, the ministry uses Israeli airliners as well as LOT, the Polish carrier.
On April 21, Israel’s Cabinet approved an open skies agreement to boost airline traffic to and from Europe. Set to go into effect next April, it will ease restrictions and quotas on flights between Israel and European Union countries and likely will increase competition and lower prices.

http://www.irishnews.com/business/ryanair-in-talks-with-belfast-international-1257617

Extracts :

Ryanair is understood to be in the early stages of negotiations to open links with Belfast International (BFS - aka Aldergrove).
Ryanair operated from George Best Belfast City Airport from 2007 until October 2010, when it controversially axed services, blaming delays in approving a runway extension.
But Michael O'Leary is keen to open more high-volume linkage and sees the potential of moving to Belfast International, which handled 4.3 million passengers in 2012.

http://jssnews.com/2013/06/06/ryanair-va-lancer-des-billets-pourdepuis-israel-a-50-euros/

L’accord Ciel Ouvert permet aux entreprises telles que Ryanair de travailler en Israël et de faire chuter les prix des billets. Il ouvre le ciel israélien à la concurrence et devrait permettre à des centaines de milliers de personnes (en plus) a arriver en Israël pour visiter le pays.
La compagnie « Ryanair » a ainsi annoncé son intention d’effectuer des vols vers de nombreuses destinations en Europe, y compris à Brême et Baden-Baden en Allemagne, la Sicile, Kaunas en Lituanie, Eindhoven aux Pays-Bas, Oslo en Norvège. « La compagnie nous a annoncé son intention de faire des billets à 50 euros » explique le Ministère des transports.
Ryanair aimerait commencer à opérer « dès octobre 2013″ depuis l’aéroport d’Ovda (près d’Eilat) puis, lors des premiers mois 2014, depuis l’aéroport Ben Gourion de Tel-Aviv.

Ryanair plans to fly to Israel from Bremen, Baden-Baden, Sicily, Kaunas, Eindhoven, Oslo - to begin with.
Destination in Israel would be Ovda Eilat and then Ben Gourion Tel-Aviv.

Ryanair lands in Comiso (Sicily, south-east)


The routes are Rome-Ciampino, Brussels-Charleroi, London-Stansted.


Ryanair will fly to Rome from August, to STN and CRL from September!


Flights available from the menu of the Ryanair website .. but not yet for sale

 if BVA become a base it will be not before 2015-2016

http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/oise-60/s-il-devait-y-avoir-une-base-de-ryanair-ce-serait-en-2015-2016-06-07-2013-2958061.php

http://www.ryanair.com/fr-be/nouvelles/fin-en-290713

We plan to announce more new routes and new bases later this year as we exploit significant growth opportunities in markets where competitors including Air Berlin, Alitalia, Iberia, LOT, and SAS are cutting back.

* Ryanair in Lisbon in winter 2013? Strong possibility. *

The Executive Vice President of Ryanair, Michael Cawley, will give a press conference in Lisbon on Monday, September 16, 2013.

The official will announce information resulting from months of negotiations between Ryanair, the airport of Lisbon and ANA / Vinci. The Low Cost Portugal knows that there are strong indications that most European low cost airline pass to operate in the Portuguese capital even in 2013.

Michael Cawley - Ryanair

According to recent Ryanair requested slots to operate in winter 2013-2014, and now time to decide if you will use them or not.

The slots assigned are 1232 allocated and 638 pending

Fonts:
http://slotsportugal.ana.pt/SiteCollectionDocuments/Reports/LisboaReports/HBD%20LIST%20%20LIS%20W13.pdf
http://www.lowcostportugal.net/viajar/aeroportos/lisboa/ryanair-em-lisboa-no-inverno-2013-forte-possibilidade/2013/09/#ixzz2evJ4KKe4

It's a just a matter of time before a new base is going to be announced, Thessaloniki (Skg) in Greece.
This will be followed by Warsaw Modlin.