Ryanair have today given details about their new European Base – Stockholm Skavsta. From the 4th April 2003, Ryanair will base 4 brand new Boeing 737-800’s to start flights to:
Aarhus – Daily
Glasgow Prestwick – Daily
Hamburg Lubeck – Twice Daily
Paris Beauvais – Twice Daily
Oslo Torp – Twice Daily
Tampere, Finland – Twice daily.
Tampere is a brand new destination to Ryanair.
These will join the existing flights to:
Frankfurt Hahn – Twice Daily
London Stansted – 3 Times Daily
I think this is massive expansion for Ryanair seeing as their latest new base Milan Bergamo doesn’t start flights until 6th February. Ryanair must be doing really well. I would think that the routes to Oslo, Tampere and Aarhus will be very popular with the scandinavian public. At least the scandinavian people can still enjoy low cost flights after loosing GoodJet.SAS Lite should also be starting soon.
Stockholm Skavsta will join the other Ryanair bases of:
London Stansted
Glasgow Prestwick
Dublin
Shannon
Milan Bergamo
Frankfurt Hahn
Brussels Charleroi
Ryanair is also to increase the London Stansted to Stockholm Vasteras route from Daily to Twice Daily.
Regards
dan777
By: Bhoy - 29th January 2003 at 13:29
RE: Ryanair Opens another European Base – Stockholm Skavsta !!!
from the Evening Times
BUDGET airline Ryanair will fly from Prestwick to Stockholm, it was confirmed today.
The Irish carrier will launch a daily service on April 4, with tickets starting at £41 one-way.
The announcement, two weeks after negotiations were revealed by the Evening Times, marks the 10th new flight by Ryanair from Prestwick.
Ryanair boasted that it would bring 50,000 people a year to Glasgow and earn £14million for the Scottish economy.
The company has set up a base at Skavsta Airport, Stockholm’s No2 hub.
Glasgow’s tourism bosses believe golf-mad Swedes will flood into the city and nearby.
The Evening Times revealed late last year that Swedish low-cost operator Malmo Aviation would offer a summer service from south Sweden to Glasgow.
Glasgow still lags well behind Prestwick in the range of direct daily scheduled international links.
But the airport, Scotland’s biggest thanks to a booming sunshine charter business, was tipped today to secure a vital link with Germany.
Aviation experts believe German national carrier Lufthansa will announce a new route from Glasgow to Munich within days. And it could be opened as early as March.
Glasgow Airport owners BAA Scottish Airports and Lufthansa refused today to confirm or deny the report.
The route will have to compete with Ryanair, which flies to Frankfurt from Prestwick.
Lufthansa will unveil its summer timetable within a week.
Industry sources expect its European regional wing, CityLine, to announce the Glasgow flights.
A daily Munich route would be Glasgow Airport’s biggest boost since it announced £60m in airport charge discounts last July.
Glasgow politicians will watch closely to see if BAA can secure the route, highlighted as one of the most important for Scotland by Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace.
Glasgow lost its Lufthansa link with Germany, a key business route, years ago.
City Council, business and tourism leaders have lobbied for its restoration ever since.
A spokesman for council leader Charles Gordon said: “Germany is an extremely important market for Glasgow.
“Munich has tremendous potential as a business and leisure destination.”
Two weeks ago the Evening Times revealed low-cost giant Germanwings wanted to launch daily budget flights between Edinburgh and Cologne.
By: dan777 - 28th January 2003 at 22:37
RE: Ryanair Opens another European Base – Stockholm Skavsta !!!
Ryanair seem to be doing well with the London Stansted to Oslo Torp and Aarhus routes. Maybe 1 day Tampere will be served from here!
Regards
dan777
By: EGNM - 28th January 2003 at 21:14
RE: Ryanair Opens another European Base – Stockholm Skavsta !!!
yea but ryanair seen to have the ability to try, and if the route fails it doesn’t have such a major impact within the company!
By: Saab 2000 - 28th January 2003 at 20:38
RE: Ryanair Opens another European Base – Stockholm Skavsta !!!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 28-01-03 AT 08:38 PM (GMT)]Three of those destinations seem to me highly irregular. Other airlines have tried similar routes and have not made a success of them so have been forced to pull out of them. Although with Ryanair, if the price is low enough then who knows what could happen?
Oslo Torp
Tampere
Aarhus
By: EGNM - 28th January 2003 at 20:04
RE: Ryanair Opens another European Base – Stockholm Skavsta !!!
They keep spreading – south and eastwards!
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January 28, 2003 at 6:59 pm