Ryanair

[LeedsPilot]

Surely if the new routes for this winter carry over to summer we will need a 4th based aircraft or substantial increases in non-based rotations. The question now is will there be further route expansion, I know it's been said many times but many of their city destinations in Eastern Europe, Milan, Lisbon etc. are untapped markets for LBA so fingers crossed..

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Are they not suddenly defending themselves against jet2? See this route is also out of BHX. I don't want to comment on whether both will find a happy medium and have good amount of passengers each but if it was one to win - then it has to be the one with a tour operator integrated into it's business. After all the seat only carrier now serves BCN so can't market GRO as Barcelona.

NB - isn't it funny - what comes around goes around haha. GRO was a substantial base back way back when. Also i suspect this will be an European based aircraft.

 

[rmac]

It would appear that the new Gerona destination starting next March will be operated by a non based aircraft- as a very early dep from Gerona to LBA. Good news though and a further move towards that 4th aircraft. I agree that several markets remain to be tapped such as Lisbon and Madrid.

 

[lbaspotter]

The has been a press conference at LBA involving Ryanair this afternoon so hopefully we'll here something official soon.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford summer 2017 schedule will deliver:

• 1 new route: Girona (2 wkly)
• More flights to: Alicante (daily), Faro (daily), Ibiza (4 wkly), Krakow (4 wkly)

Lanzarote (4 wkly), Palma (8 wkly) & Tenerife (3 wkly)

• 4 new summer services: Bratislava (2 wkly), Gran Canaria (2 wkly),

Vilnius (2 wkly) & Warsaw (2 wkly)

• 25 routes in total
• 92 weekly flights
• 1.3m customers p.a.
• 975* “on-site” jobs p.a.

- See more at: http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/n...dule-launched/?market=en#sthash.4P1WNpPS.dpuf

 

[lbaspotter]

Here's the official press release from the LBA website: http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/media/2299/19072016.pdf

Also a little video has appered on the LBA's Youtube Channel:

PRESS RELEASE

Issued: Tuesday 19th July 2016

Ryanair Launches Leeds Bradford Airport Summer 2017 Schedule

Tuesday 19th July 2016: Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today launched its biggest ever Leeds Bradford Airport summer schedule (2017), as the airline grows Leeds Bradford Airport traffic by over 20%.
The announcement today sees a new route to Girona, four new summer services to Bratislava, Gran Canaria, Vilnius and Warsaw; as well as more flights to Alicante, Faro, Ibiza, Krakow, Lanzarote, Palma and Tenerife, which will deliver 1.3m customers p.a. and support 975 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford Airport summer 2017 schedule will deliver:

• One new route: Girona (2 wkly)
• More flights to: Alicante (daily), Faro (daily), Ibiza (4 wkly), Krakow (4 wkly) Lanzarote (4 wkly), Palma (8 wkly) & Tenerife (3 wkly)
• Four new summer services: Bratislava (2 wkly), Gran Canaria (2 wkly), Vilnius (2 wkly) & Warsaw (2 wkly)  25 routes in total
• 92 weekly flights
• 1.3 customer’s p.a.
• 975* “on-site” jobs p.a.

Ryanair is the ideal choice for business and leisure customers, who can now choose from 25 Leeds Bradford routes in summer 2017 and look forward to further improvements, as Ryanair continues its “Always Getting Better” programme, which includes more new routes, new digital features, new cabin interiors and even more low fares.

In Leeds, Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Robin Kiely said: “We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Leeds Bradford Airport summer 2017 schedule, 3 months earlier than last year, which includes a new route to Girona, the continuation of our winter services to Bratislava, Gran Canaria, Vilnius and Warsaw to summer, and more flights to Alicante, Faro, Ibiza, Krakow, Lanzarote, Palma and Tenerife, which will deliver 1.3m customers p.a. and support 975 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport, as we grow our operation by over 20%.
“To celebrate the launch of our Leeds Bradford Airport summer 2017 schedule, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale across our European network from just £19.99, which are available for booking until Thursday (21 Jul). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Tony Hallwood, Aviation Development Director at Leeds Bradford Airport, said: “We are thrilled that Ryanair are significantly increasing their capacity from Leeds Bradford Airport in Summer 2017; offering their widest ever low cost flight choice. With five new routes, including three to European capital cities, Ryanair’s expanded flying programme of 25 routes will deliver wider business destination choice, encourage a growth in inbound tourism visitors to Yorkshire alongside increasing the choice for leisure and city breaks for our regions holidaymakers.
“This substantial growth is fantastic news for our regional economy and highlights the continued growth and strength of the Leeds City Region alongside supporting the creation of new jobs across Yorkshire. We look forward to welcoming a 20% growth in the number of passengers flying from Leeds Bradford Airport with Ryanair next summer who can now increasingly fly close to home.”

END

 

[LeedsPilot]

A nice increase from the 72(?) weekly flights at the peak of this summer. I was looking forward to more new destinations but I guess we'll have to wait.. nonetheless a healthy increase, hopefully one which is sustainable with the other based airlines.

 

[quik123]

Good news to see Ryanair increasing the number of flights but why do they insist on calling it Gerona-Barcelona? It's no where near Barcelona! They used to fly to El Prat, how come we don't see that returning

 

[Bigman]

That looks a damn good programme for next Summer. So, there will be 2 Palma flights on one day (I assume!). One daft suggestion I would like to see would be a twice daily Glasgow International flight. Rail service is only 2-hourly and takes over 4 hours. Road not much better. 3rd and 4th largest cities in the UK deserve better IMHO.

 

[lbaspotter]

Yesterday Ryanair announcement from LBA actually also made it on to BBC Look North 6:30pm News programme last night.

 

[Jerry]

Good news to see Ryanair increasing the number of flights but why do they insist on calling it Gerona-Barcelona? It's no where near Barcelona! They used to fly to El Prat, how come we don't see that returning

Because Gerona is probably a lot cheaper for them! Yet they want to market it as Barcelona most people probably wouldn't know the difference as Barcelona is a big city and could reasonably accomadate a smaller airport. Though 105 km may be pushing it!

 

[LBA787]

That looks a damn good programme for next Summer. So, there will be 2 Palma flights on one day (I assume!). One daft suggestion I would like to see would be a twice daily Glasgow International flight. Rail service is only 2-hourly and takes over 4 hours. Road not much better. 3rd and 4th largest cities in the UK deserve better IMHO.

Tell me about it big man! The domestic offering at LBA is so poor these days... I travelled MAN-DUS last Friday because I needed an early flight and couldn't wait for the jet2. The domestic offering out of MAN is so good in comparison... Yes I know its a hub and gets extra feed from connections but IMHO I'm sure flybe could offer a better service from LBA especially to the domestic routes! Sorry for the thread drift! Oh and great news these extra flights are for LBA!

 

[oldendays]

Sorry for stating the obvious but since when was Dusseldorf a domestic destination for the UK ?

Agreed we've lost a lot over the years. Edinburgh, Bristol, Isle Of Man and Gatwick most recently. Cardiff as well from the Dan Air and Capital days.

 

[lbaspotter]

Bigman we already have LBA-GLA twice daily with Flybe/Loganair. One route i'ld like to see come back is LBA-EDI.

 

[Aviador]

LBA787 you should know better!

 

[LBA787]

Of course I realise DUS isn't a domestic destination... I was merely adding as to why I was at MAN. Yes lbaspotter we have the Loganair but it is expensive and unreliable. It's the reason I wouldn't use it last year when I visited family. I like Bigman would love to see Ryanair open up the likes of GLA, EDI and BRS twice daily much the way they fly to DUB. Pipe dream probably but who knows I just feel it's a shame we living in Leeds don't have the options others in smaller cities have...

 

[Bigman]

lbaspotter - does a twice daily Saab 340 flight that doesn't even operate at weekends really fit the bill?? I don't think so personally

 

[whoshotjimmi]

I don't know if it is a sign of the times or whether Ryanair's LBA operation is starting to have an effect but my November Friday morning flight from DSA to Warsaw with Wizz has just been cancelled, with the apparent removal of Friday rotations. I have rebooked onto a Ryanair flight from MAN so that my trip can still go ahead with a return into LBA. Perhaps the statement of intent from Ryanair at LBA with the year round operation of various routes is forcing Wizz to hold back a little.

 

[lbaspotter]

lbaspotter - does a twice daily Saab 340 flight that doesn't even operate at weekends really fit the bill?? I don't think so personally

I disagree because the just isn't enough passengers travelling between Leeds and Glasgow for ryanair to even consider opening the route with a Boeing 737-800 it would be just to large of an aircraft to operate on such a short sector for them to make any kind of onboard revenue..
All I will add is lets hope Loganair's new Managing Director can turn things around as his well known around these parts of the country
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/busine...loganair-managing-7952822#fd1rXvvkATOO1mT5.97

 

[lbaspotter]

Looks like Ryanair will be running a load of extra flights over the 2016/2017 Xmas and New Year’s period to the following destinations Riga, Gdansk, Warsaw, Faro, Alicante, Malaga, Lanzarote, Las Palmas & Tenerife

SUN 18/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2047 – ACE 07:20 – LBA 11:40/ FR2048 – LBA 12:10 ACE 16:30
NON Based Aircraft = FR2493 – TFS 08:50 LBA 13:25 / FR2492 – LBA 13:50 TFS 18:30
NON Based Aircraft = FR2447 – AGP 09:20 LBA 11:30 / FR2446 – LBA 11:55 AGP 16:00

MON 19/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2047 – ACE 07:05 – LBA 11:25 / FR2048 – LBA 11:15 ACE 16:15

TUE 20/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR9078 – LPA 06:45 LBA 11:15 / FR2536 – LBA 11:40 LPA 16:10
LBA Based Aircraft = FR9079 – LBA 09:25 ALC 13:15 / FR9078 – ALC 13:50 LBA 15:50
LBA Based Aircraft = FR2482 - LBA 16:40 RIX 21:20 / FR2483 - RIX 21:45 LBA 22:45

WED 21/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2504 – FAO 14:30 LBA 17:35 / FR2503 - LBA 18:00 FAO 21:05

THU 22/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2447 – AGP 09:20 LBA 11:30 / FR2446 – LBA 11:55 AGP 16:00
LBA Based Aircraft = FR1503 - LBA 16:00 GDN 19:15 / FR1504 – GDN 19:40 LBA 21:05

FRI 23/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2204 – WMI 10:00 LBA 11:35 / FR2203 - LBA 12:00 WMI 15:25

TUE 27/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR9078 – LPA 06:45 LBA 11:15 / FR2536 – LBA 11:40 LPA 16:10
LBA Based Aircraft = FR9079 – LBA 09:25 ALC 13:15 / FR9078 – ALC 13:50 LBA 15:50
LBA Based Aircraft = FR2482 - LBA 16:40 RIX 21:20 / FR2483 - RIX 21:45 LBA 22:45

WED 28/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2504 – FAO 14:30 LBA 17:35 / FR2503 - LBA 18:00 FAO 21:05

THU 29/12/16
LBA Based Aircraft = FR1503 - LBA 16:00 GDN 19:15 / FR1504 – GDN 19:40 LBA 21:05
NON Based Aircraft = FR2447 – AGP 09:20 LBA 11:30 / FR2446 – LBA 11:55 AGP 16:00

FRI 30/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2204 – WMI 10:00 LBA 11:35 / FR2203 - LBA 12:00 WMI 15:25

SUN 01/01/17 (New Years Day)
NON Based Aircraft = FR2493 – TFS 08:50 LBA 13:25 / FR2492 – LBA 13:50 TFS 18:30
NON Based Aircraft = FR2447 – AGP 09:20 LBA 11:30 / FR2446 – LBA 11:55 AGP 16:00
NON Based Aircraft = FR2047 – ACE 10:10 – LBA 14:30 / FR2048 – LBA 15:00 ACE 19:20

MON 02/01/17
NON Based Aircraft = FR2047 – ACE 07:05 – LBA 11:25 / FR2048 – LBA 11:15 ACE 16:15

TUE 03/01/17
LBA Based Aircraft = FR2482 - LBA 16:40 RIX 21:20 / FR2483 - RIX 21:45 LBA 22:45
LBA Based Aircraft = FR9079 – LBA 09:25 ALC 13:15 / FR9078 – ALC 13:50 LBA 15:50
NON Based Aircraft = FR9078 – LPA 06:45 LBA 11:15 / FR2536 – LBA 11:40 LPA 16:10

WED 04/12/16
NON Based Aircraft = FR2504 – FAO 14:30 LBA 17:35 / FR2503 - LBA 18:00 FAO 21:05

THU 05/01/17
LBA Based Aircraft = FR1503 - LBA 16:00 GDN 19:15 / FR1504 – GDN 19:40 LBA 21:05
NON Based Aircraft = FR2447 – AGP 09:20 LBA 11:30 / FR2446 – LBA 11:55 AGP 16:00

FRI 06/01/17
NON Based Aircraft = FR2204 – WMI 10:00 LBA 11:35 / FR2203 - LBA 12:00 WMI 15:25

SUN 08/01/17
NON Based Aircraft = FR2047 – ACE 07:20 – LBA 11:40 / FR2048 – LBA 12:10 ACE 16:30
NON Based Aircraft = FR2493 – TFS 08:50 LBA 13:25 / FR2492 – LBA 13:50 TFS 18:30
NON Based Aircraft = FR2447 – AGP 09:20 LBA 11:30 / FR2446 – LBA 11:55 AGP 16:00