Yet more Ryanair expansion, this time from Madrid

Ryanair were offering a return fare from DUB to MAD return at €29, that includes all taxes and credit card charge. With fares like that people will travel, weather it be spainish or tourists or businessmen. Companies are becoming a lot more cost effective and putting a worker on a €300 IB ticket or a cheap FR and the ryanair ticket will win. The flights out of MAD will be full cause thats what FR are good at, putting bums on seats and filling planes!

Bournemouth to Hahn was a good flight and was very popular with Students visiting the Language schools in Bournemouth.

Pulling out was a bad idea

I don´t think there´s a tradition among Spanish holidaymakers in spending their holidays there. It´s a lovely place indeed, but most people are interested in city breaks essentially London and Edimburgh. If advertised properly could be interesting for the thounsands of Spanish kids who travel to the south to learn English. But that´s essentially seasonble. Let´s wait and see.

GSM’s Spanish flights from Glasgow are very popular with Spaniards.

I don´t think there´s a tradition among Spanish holidaymakers in spending their holidays there. It´s a lovely place indeed, but most people are interested in city breaks essentially London and Edimburgh. If advertised properly could be interesting for the thounsands of Spanish kids who travel to the south to learn English. But that´s essentially seasonble. Let´s wait and see.

Hope it turns out ok then the BOH-Hahn route which was stopped.

James

I don´t think there´s a tradition among Spanish holidaymakers in spending their holidays there. It´s a lovely place indeed, but most people are interested in city breaks essentially London and Edimburgh. If advertised properly could be interesting for the thounsands of Spanish kids who travel to the south to learn English. But that´s essentially seasonble. Let´s wait and see.

Madrid Barajas Airport, despite of being the busiest in the country, and the gateaway to our capital is indeed the worst ever seen and not popular in Spain at all. The flashy new T4, and stravaganza built in a pharaonic way just for Iberia showing off hasn´t resolved the overcapacity problems. Delays, wrong configuration of the new runways, long taxing and a lack of interconection to the capital in terms of public transport and the other terminals. Long walking distances makes MAD an unconfortable terminal. T1, T2, T3 has been built as an excuse. A long succession of buildings with also lots of integral problems and walking distances of almost 3 km.

Ryanair has to get into Madrid for several reasons. Don Quijote Airport, built in the nearby Ciudad Real (private investment) is delayed on and on. And Vueling, ClickAir and Easyjet are just getting in Madrid. So Ryanair needed something big in Madrid. Some destinations are a bit strange, and some others don´t make sense. It seems that they are transition ones before deciding what to do in the domestic market.

Faro and Porto are intelligent ones, since are natural markets of Iberia Regional with the non cost effective CRJ operation, as well as Marseille. Some are a bit risky, I would say Shannon and Paris Beauvais. Let´s remember Madrid is not a touristical destination. So I wonder if Bournemouth,would work. There´s a overcapacity for main Paris Airports, so who would want to fly to Beauvais. The same applies to Eindhoven, unless focusized to the city´s hinderland, and I find intelligent the Scandinavian option. I hope it breaks the SAS Group and IB monopoly. Billund enters in directo competition with Stearling. East Midlands….who knows?. Thounsand of passengers who fly from London doesn´t come from the capital, but the area hinderland. So it´s an intelligent way to cut passengers from going to London.

The key here…..going for the Iberia Regional market. CRJ can´t simply compete with low costs. Things like Lyon, Marseille, Turin, Bourdeux, Strassbourg, Naples, Bologne……these are easy destinations.

I think the BOH route would work with spanish people visiting Bournemouth for a hoilday in england.

James

I can see the SNN route being a mjor success, it’s only 3-weekly after all and Spain is a hugely popular destination for Irish city-breakers.

Madrid Barajas Airport, despite of being the busiest in the country, and the gateaway to our capital is indeed the worst ever seen and not popular in Spain at all. The flashy new T4, and stravaganza built in a pharaonic way just for Iberia showing off hasn´t resolved the overcapacity problems. Delays, wrong configuration of the new runways, long taxing and a lack of interconection to the capital in terms of public transport and the other terminals. Long walking distances makes MAD an unconfortable terminal. T1, T2, T3 has been built as an excuse. A long succession of buildings with also lots of integral problems and walking distances of almost 3 km.

Ryanair has to get into Madrid for several reasons. Don Quijote Airport, built in the nearby Ciudad Real (private investment) is delayed on and on. And Vueling, ClickAir and Easyjet are just getting in Madrid. So Ryanair needed something big in Madrid. Some destinations are a bit strange, and some others don´t make sense. It seems that they are transition ones before deciding what to do in the domestic market.

Faro and Porto are intelligent ones, since are natural markets of Iberia Regional with the non cost effective CRJ operation, as well as Marseille. Some are a bit risky, I would say Shannon and Paris Beauvais. Let´s remember Madrid is not a touristical destination. So I wonder if Bournemouth,would work. There´s a overcapacity for main Paris Airports, so who would want to fly to Beauvais. The same applies to Eindhoven, unless focusized to the city´s hinderland, and I find intelligent the Scandinavian option. I hope it breaks the SAS Group and IB monopoly. Billund enters in directo competition with Stearling. East Midlands….who knows?. Thounsand of passengers who fly from London doesn´t come from the capital, but the area hinderland. So it´s an intelligent way to cut passengers from going to London.

The key here…..going for the Iberia Regional market. CRJ can´t simply compete with low costs. Things like Lyon, Marseille, Turin, Bourdeux, Strassbourg, Naples, Bologne……these are easy destinations.

Why that they doing cr*p up there?

James

Had a bad summer delays wise mate just been general pains in the rear lol

jet2 hopefully easy need a kick up the rear at ncl at the moment.

Why that they doing cr*p up there?

James

Maybe EZY or Jet2 might do it 😉

James

jet2 hopefully easy need a kick up the rear at ncl at the moment.

Was hopeing ncl would be on the list were screaming for a route to Madrid.

None the less great news for the uk airports.

Maybe EZY or Jet2 might do it 😉

James

Was hopeing ncl would be on the list were screaming for a route to Madrid.

None the less great news for the uk airports.

Great news for FR and MAD and for BOH who I am told will be a Ryanair base within 4 years 😮

James

Here’s a direct link to the full story: http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=06&month=oct&story=rte-en-101006

They probably won’t be brand new aircraft, Josh. More likely the new aircraft delivered will go to one of the UK/Ireland bases first.

Ok:D:D:D

Great means there will be more FR aircraft there when i will be going in March. Will they be new aircraft do you think?

Varies a lot.

Great means there will be more FR aircraft there when i will be going in March. Will they be new aircraft do you think?

I must say I am glad Ryanair have not launched a Glasgow to Madrid service. Would much prefer Easyjet to fly the route….

I think part of the reason for their expansion is the over capacity MAD has currently, meaning MAd probably offered FR a good deal:)
Great news anyway 😀
…and what a week for FR:D