Ryanair: 17 new routes from Barcelona/Girona!

Cesare · Post by **Cesare** » 28 Sep 2006, 18:58

RYANAIR INVESTS $280M IN ITS BIGGEST EVER EXPANSION FROM BARCELONA

4 NEW AIRCRAFT AND 17 NEW ROUTES FROM MARCH 2007

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (28 th Sept) announced its biggest ever expansion from Barcelona Girona. From March 2007, Ryanair will invest $280M in 4 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and 17 new routes that will deliver 1M additional passengers p.a. This expansion brings to 40 the number of Ryanair routes from Barcelona.

Destination
Frequency
Start date

Altenburg
3 x wk
1 Mar

Brescia
3 x wk
9 Mar

Fuerteventura
3 x wk
8 Mar

Gothenburg
3 x wk
27 Mar

Marrakech
3 x wk
27 Mar

Pescara
3 x wk
27 Mar

Teesside
3 x wk
12 Feb

Trapani
3 x wk
27 Mar

Aarhus
4 x wk
25 Mar

Bologna
4 x wk
9 Mar

Bristol
4 x wk
25 Mar

Faro
4 x wk
2 Mar

Malmo
4 x wk
25 Mar

Newcastle
4 x wk
25 Mar

Oslo
4 x wk
25 Mar

Tenerife
4 x wk
9 Mar

Porto
1 x daily
2 Mar

Announcing this expansion in Barcelona, Michael Cawley, Ryanair’s Deputy CEO said;

“Ryanair’s Barcelona base has performed very strongly this summer and has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and business in the region. Today’s 17 new route announcements will allow Catalan passengers to enjoy the lowest fares and best punctuality to even more destinations. Ryanair now connects Barcelona to 40 destinations, delivering 4M passengers p.a. and sustaining 4,000 Catalan jobs.

“As part of this expansion, Ryanair will also add a 3 rd daily flight on its routes to Paris, Milan and Rome which will increase to 1M passengers per annum the number of passengers travelling from Barcelona with Ryanair to these cities alone.

“Ryanair’s 17 new routes will significantly expand the Catalan region’s catchment area and our low fares and no fuel surcharge guarantee will deliver millions of additional visitors who were previously put off coming to the region by the prohibitively high fares charged by Iberia.

Post by **sn26567** » 29 Sep 2006, 08:57

In all this Ryanair expansion, Charleroi (its first continental base, remember) seems to be stagnating!

stefanel · Post by **stefanel** » 29 Sep 2006, 09:03

I agree... I would call that revenge...

JetB · Post by **JetB** » 29 Sep 2006, 10:04

Revenge

?, I would call that no money to be made

Post by **airbuske** » 29 Sep 2006, 10:14

Barcelona ?

Barcelona is more than an hour from Girona.
They should call the airport like it should be and not like
Ryanair would be.

So a lot of LCC's on the Spanish market:

Madrid: Vueling and Easyjet ( as from 2007)
Barcelona: Vueling and Clickair ( as from october 2006)
Girona: Ryanair

Will all those LCC's survive the LCC battle on the Spanish market ?

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 29 Sep 2006, 10:21

sn26567 wrote:In all this Ryanair expansion, Charleroi (its first continental base, remember) seems to be stagnating!

Ryanair have plans to expand at Charleroi and are, in fact, very eager to do so! The size of the current terminal is holding them back for the moment. They will base 2 more aircraft at Charleroi in Autumn/Winter 2007 when the new Terminal opens.

A relaunch of the Liverpool route, new routes to Madrid and Oslo Torp, as well as routes to Poland, Morrocco and Slovenia are to be expected for starters

pressman · Post by **pressman** » 29 Sep 2006, 12:15

CRL is pencilled in for up to 10 aircraft when conditions allow .