Ryanair expand in Sweden, new base & ~ 20 new routes at Arlanda
May 6, 2021, 5:42 am
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Ryanair expand in Sweden, new base & ~ 20 new routes at Arlanda
Ryanair will start flying to Stockholm Arlanda Airport during the winter season 2021 when it will open a base. Initially, this will involve two aircraft and some twenty European destinations, which will mean nearly 90 new weekly departures from Arlanda. A number of destinations are new for the airport and complement Arlanda’s other destinations on offer. In conjunction with the set-up of operations, Ryanair will launch domestic service in Sweden for the first time, to Gothenburg and Malmö from Arlanda.
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/swedavia/...irport-3097377
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How will this affect their base at “Stockholm” Skavsta and their flights from “Stockholm” Västerås? I can’t imagine their Västerås flights surviving.
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/swedavia/...irport-3097377
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How will this affect their base at “Stockholm” Skavsta and their flights from “Stockholm” Västerås? I can’t imagine their Västerås flights surviving.
May 6, 2021, 7:29 am
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AFAIK, NYO was downgraded from a "base" some time ago. It is unclear if this change will lead to more FR flights from "Stockholm" or if the flights only will move to ARN from NYO and VST.
May 6, 2021, 7:38 am
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The VST flights, on the other hand, are likely gone because getting from Västerås, Örebro, etc. to ARN is very easy.
May 6, 2021, 8:42 am
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Interesting destinations...
STO-VIE/RIX/TLL were already thin routes... ALC/SKG/AGP is going to hurt SAS. Why they moved the VFR routes to the Balkan from Skavsta to Arlanda I don't know. They have a monopoly on those and people were willing to go that airport without issues.
Planned routes and number of weekly departures, Winter 2021, from Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN)
From Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Weekly departures
Domestic
Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT)
14
Malmö Airport (MMX)
10
International
Aalborg Airport (AAL), Denmark
3
Alicante Airport (ALC), Spain
2
Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB), Germany
2
Banja Luka International Airport (BNX), Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Bologna Airport (BLQ), Italy
2
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), Belgium
4
Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), Poland
7
Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Lithuania
2
John Paul II International Krakow-Balice Airport (KRK), Poland
7
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), Great Britain
2
London Stansted Airport (STN), Great Britain
7
Malaga Airport (AGP), Spain
3
Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY), Italy
3
Nis Airport (INI), Serbia
2
Riga International Airport (RIX), Latvia
5
Tallinn Airport (TLL), Estonia
3
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG), Greece
2
Warsaw Modlin Airport (WMI), Poland
5
Vienna International Airport (VIE), Austria
2
From Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Weekly departures
Domestic
Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT)
14
Malmö Airport (MMX)
10
International
Aalborg Airport (AAL), Denmark
3
Alicante Airport (ALC), Spain
2
Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB), Germany
2
Banja Luka International Airport (BNX), Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Bologna Airport (BLQ), Italy
2
Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), Belgium
4
Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), Poland
7
Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Lithuania
2
John Paul II International Krakow-Balice Airport (KRK), Poland
7
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), Great Britain
2
London Stansted Airport (STN), Great Britain
7
Malaga Airport (AGP), Spain
3
Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY), Italy
3
Nis Airport (INI), Serbia
2
Riga International Airport (RIX), Latvia
5
Tallinn Airport (TLL), Estonia
3
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG), Greece
2
Warsaw Modlin Airport (WMI), Poland
5
Vienna International Airport (VIE), Austria
2
May 6, 2021, 10:49 am
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The domestic routes are weird. I think that FR's customers look more at the price than the time it takes to reach the destination and they're competing with three airlines and four train companies on the Gothenburg route. On the Malmö route, they're competing with three airlines and three train companies. It's just a little bit slower by train so many passengers won't care if they're flying or taking the train. FR usually doesn't offer connecting flights so we're talking about point-to-point traffic here. SK probably has a large portion of connecting passengers on ARN-GOT and ARN-MMX. ARN-AAL was not offered by SK before the virus, so is there a market for FR to offer flights on the route?
May 6, 2021, 2:25 pm
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SAS is going to love this. Not.
MMX airport is a hassle to use if going between central Stockholm and central Malmo. Even with a car/taxi, I try to avoid MMX as much as possible and prefer to use CPH over MMX. But there are plenty of people in smaller towns and out in the countryside who are ok with MMX.
Will GOT/MMX-ARN-Eastern Europe work out for passengers on FR. Sounds like an inconvenient way for me to go; I won't fly it; but I'm sure that at the right price for passengers there may be at least some market for it if they time it right.
MMX airport is a hassle to use if going between central Stockholm and central Malmo. Even with a car/taxi, I try to avoid MMX as much as possible and prefer to use CPH over MMX. But there are plenty of people in smaller towns and out in the countryside who are ok with MMX.
Will GOT/MMX-ARN-Eastern Europe work out for passengers on FR. Sounds like an inconvenient way for me to go; I won't fly it; but I'm sure that at the right price for passengers there may be at least some market for it if they time it right.
Last edited by GUWonder; May 6, 2021 at 2:33 pm
May 7, 2021, 6:05 am
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I dont think that FR sells connecting tickets. I have only ever bought point-to-point tickets from them. GOT/MMX-ARN-Eastern Europe probably has to be booked on separate tickets, so it's even less attractive that way.
May 7, 2021, 11:47 am
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Hasn't Ryanair ever considered thru-ticketing on Ryanair's own flights for Ryanair passengers subject to IRROPs?