Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
No self-respecting individual will fly RyanAir, hardly competition. They've been flying from Stockholm Skavsta for years and it hardly impacted SAS. Surely they didn't lose any business travellers over it.
Ryanair has not yet really turned its focus to Scandinavia - expect this to change in the coming years.
When they switch to Arlanda - and its quite possible that they will, as their new strategy is to serve main airports [with the exception of LHR, FRA and CDG which they have recently reaffirmed they will never serve] - you may find there are more non-self-respecting Swedes than you hithertofore believed!!!
Ryanair growth threatens Norwegian
Ryanair would not reveal if it had any plans to start flying into the main Scandinavian airports in 2014. The company faced problems in Norway last year, including an unfair dismissal case, accusations of illegal staff surveillance, and CEO Michael O’Leary’s friction with authorities, causing Ryanair to pull its outspoken boss out of the public relations spotlight. Late last year Ryanair announced it was cutting back some of its Norwegian flights to expand its service into Italy.
Ryanair flies into Rygge, Torp and Haugesund in Norway, but not into the main Oslo Gardemoen airport. An application to fly into Stockholm’s largest airport, Arlanda, is under consideration. The company previously applied for traffic rights into Copenhagen airport, but later withdrew its bid.