Ryanair to finally come to AMS in 2015?
Oct 8, 2014, 7:31 am
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Confirmed: Ryanair to serve AMS from 27/10/2015
Could KLM soon be facing intensified shorthaul competition from Schiphol?
Anna.aero has shortlisted their 10 most likely picks, but have reduced the hot favourites for designation as bases down to 3: Amsterdam, Gatwick [already served, but not a base] and Orly.
Originally Posted by anna.aero
Last week anna.aero asked Ryanair’s CCO, David O’Brien: “What new bases the New Ryanair will open next year?” His written answer was: “Ryanair will open at least three new bases next year. We won’t fly to London Heathrow, Charles De Gaulle and Frankfurt Main – but every other airport is now on the table.” O’Brien continues: “Not only have we broadened our appeal to the consumer, but more and more airports of all types now appreciate what we have to offer. Indeed, our biggest challenge next year will be having enough aircraft to satisfy demand, not just from consumers, but from airports across Europe.” O’Brien also said New Ryanair’s 2014 base additions are a good example of this change in its appeal. “We have already opened new bases at Athens, Brussels Zaventem, Lisbon and Rome Fiumicino, with Cologne [Bonn], Gdansk and Glasgow to follow this month, and our 180 new aircraft will allow us to grow by 30m customers over the next five years. We estimate that 50% of that growth will be at primary airports.”
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Jul 15, 2015, 6:16 am
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Ryanair receives 9 daily slot pairs at AMS for winter season
Originally Posted by anna.aero
Well it seems increasingly likely that Ryanair is going to be launching an Amsterdam base this winter. The Irish ULCC has been offered a batch of slots at Schiphol – nine daily pairs in fact ‒ as the airline continues its move towards using more primary airports in its revised strategy of trying to attract higher average yields. Confirmed by Stichting Airport Coordination Netherlands (SACN), which handles slot allocation at the country’s airports, the slots are available from W15/16. Ryanair has until 31 August to confirm whether it will take them up or return them to SACN. The airline had previously applied for slots at Amsterdam for the S14 season, but did not take up its allotted batch, apparently due to a shortage of available aircraft.
London Stansted, Paris Beauvais, Barcelona and Frankfurt Hahn
(to be honest, I can't see them flying to Hahn from Amsterdam. I would suspect that Dublin would be added long before they even thought about Hahn)
also of interest, from that article: the 12 European destinations with the most seats from Amsterdam
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Jul 15, 2015, 7:14 am
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Jul 15, 2015, 7:16 am
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I would find the service between Zestienhoven and AMS quite useful ^^^ 
And once Lelystad is up and running as the "leisure airport" of Amsterdam/The Netherlands, a service between LEY and AMS would also be very, very useful!!!
They could have a full domestic network all with just three routes:
RTM-AMS-ENS; MST-EIN-AMS; AMS-LEY-GRQ
And once Lelystad is up and running as the "leisure airport" of Amsterdam/The Netherlands, a service between LEY and AMS would also be very, very useful!!!
They could have a full domestic network all with just three routes:
RTM-AMS-ENS; MST-EIN-AMS; AMS-LEY-GRQ
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Jul 15, 2015, 8:08 am
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Or use the old air base at Soesterberg as a hub:
soesterberg hub network by Blackberryaddict, on Flickr
There might still be some Fokker F27 Friendships lying around to run the service
soesterberg hub network by Blackberryaddict, on FlickrThere might still be some Fokker F27 Friendships lying around to run the service