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[Finger66]

Could be true and would run in line with more shorter legs to mainland Spain at expense of Canaries. More winter aircraft utilisation for Jet2 then hopefully

 

[Severn]

The current RYR schedule for winter 19/20 has not changed in the last couple of months, however with the recent news of base closures, it is expected to change for all bases.
The current winter schedule requires the normal 3x based aircraft at LBA and there will be 53x departures per week on 16x routes.
This is 1x departure less per week than last winter, with the following changes:
- LPA dropped this winter (was 2x weekly last winter)
- 1x less weekly flight to FUE
- 1x extra weekly flight to both ALC and AGP

Interestingly, out of the16x destinations served from LBA in the winter, only 2x of them (RIX and RMU) are not RYR bases and therefore require a LBA based aircraft to operate these flights (each 2x weekly in the winter). (This will increase to include FAO/TFS/ACE etc if/when these bases close).
Given that the rest of the destinations served from LBA are other RYR bases, it wouldn't necessarily mean a drop in the number of weekly flights from LBA if the base size is reduced this winter.

 

[a300boy]

Thanks ! Let’s hope we keep as many flights as possible !

 

[AirBingley]

Fingers crossed although from memory is utilisation in the winter lower so in reality they have about 2.5 aircraft based at LBA with No3 not being used all the time?

 

[Severn]

Fingers crossed although from memory is utilisation in the winter lower so in reality they have about 2.5 aircraft based at LBA with No3 not being used all the time?

Yes, you’re right, during the winter it’s normally 3x aircraft required Mo, Fr, Sa and Sun, and only 2x required on Tu and We. This is the same at all RYR bases, plus the utilisation of the aircraft is much lower with usually only 1 or 2 flights operated per day.

 

[lbaspotter]

I'm sure I posted full schedule before way back in March when Ryanair released its full winter 2019/2020 schedule for sale.

See following post: https://forums4airports.com/threads/234/post-162460

I'll have another look and see if the any changes have being made recently before posting another further updated version on here

 

[lbaspotter]

After doing a bit of digging around here's how Ryanair's Leeds/Bradford Winter 2019/2020 schedule is shaping up. Seems to be quite a fer end of summer season and festive period flights being added.

All year round routes: Dublin, Malaga, Alicante, Riga, Vilnius, Malta Luqa, Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw Modlin, Wroclaw, Faro, Bratislava, Alicante, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote-Arrecife, Malaga, Murcia-Corvera, Tenerife South
Summer only routes: Limoges, Corfu, Chania-Crete, Pisa-Florence, Barcelona-Gerona, Las Palmas, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca

Monday
Based Aircraft 1
FR2446 = LBA 06:20 – AGP 10:25 / FR2447 = AGP 11:00 – LBA 13:10 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd)
FR640 = LBA 14:15 – WRO 17:20 / FR641 = WRO 17:45 – LBA 19:00 (Dec 23rd – Jan 6th)
FR157 = LBA 19:25 – DUB 20:30 / FR156 = DUB 20:55 – LBA 21:55 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd)
Based Aircraft 2
FR153 = LBA 06:30 – DUB 07:35 / FR152 = DUB 08:00 – LBA 09:05 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd)
FR5041 = LBA 09:30 – BTS 12:55 / FR5042 = BTS 13:20 – LBA 14:55 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd)
FR9079 = LBA 15:55 – ALC 19:35 / FR9078 = ALC 20:10 – LBA 22:10 (Oct 28th - Mar 23rd)
Based Aircraft 3
FR2503 = LBA 06:55 – FAO 09:50 / FR2504 = FAO 10:15 – LBA 13:20 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd)
FR5043 = LBA 14:30 – VNO 19:20 / FR5044 = VNO 19:45 – LBA 20:40 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd)
Non Based Aircraft
FR1504 = GDN 10:20 – LBA 11:45 / FR1503 = LBA 12:10 – GDN 15:25 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd) Operated by Ryanair Sun
FR2324 = GRO 13:10 - LBA 14:25 / FR2325 = LBA 14:50 - GRO 18:10 (Oct 28th – Nov 4th)
FR4108 = WRO 18:30 – LBA 19:45 / FR4107 = LBA 20:10 – WRO 23:15 (Oct 28th – Mar 23rd) Operated by Ryanair Sun

Tuesday
Based Aircraft 1
FR153 = LBA 06:30 – DUB 07:35 / FR152 = DUB 08:00 – LBA 09:05 (Oct 29th – Mar 24th)
FR2332 = LBA 09:30 – KRK 13:00 / FR2333 = KRK 13:25 – LBA 14:55 (Dec 24th – Dec 31st)
FR2332 = LBA 09:35 – KRK 13:05 / FR2333 = KRK 13:30 – LBA 15:00 (Nov 12th – Dec 17th & Jan 7th – Mar 24th)
FR1584 = LBA 12:55 – FUE 17:20 / FR1585 = FUE 17:55 – LBA 22:20 (Oct 29th – Nov 5th)
FR2482 = LBA 16:25 - RIX 21:05 / FR2483 = RIX 21:30 - LBA 22:30 (Jan 2nd Only)
Based Aircraft 2
FR618 = LBA 06:10 - WMI 09:35 / FR619 = WMI 10:00 - LBA 11:40 (Jan 7th only)
FR2332 = LBA 06:30 – KRK 10:00 / FR2333 = KRK 10:25 – LBA 11:05 (Oct 29th – Nov 5th)
FR2322 = LBA 06:55 – RMU 10:55 / FR2323 = RMU 11:30 – LBA 13:25 (Dec 24th Only)
FR2322 = LBA 10:30 – RMU 14:30 / FR2323 = RMU 15:05 – LBA 17:00 (Dec 31st Only)
FR2492 = LBA 12:00 – TFS 16:40 / FR2493 = TFS 17:15 – LBA 21:50 (Oct 29th – Dec 17th & Jan 7th – Mar 24th)
FR157 = LBA 13:50 – DUB 14:55 / FR156 = DUB 15:20 – LBA 16:20 (Dec 24th only)
FR157 = LBA 17:25 – DUB 18:30 / FR156 = DUB 18:55 – LBA 19:55 (Dec 31st only)
Based Aircraft 3
FR2492 = LBA 06:15 – TFS 10:55 / FR2493 = TFS 11:30 – LBA 16:05 (Dec 24th – Dec 31st)
FR2322 = LBA 12:30 – RMU 16:30 / FR2323 = RMU 17:05 – LBA 19:00 (Oct 29th – Dec 17th & Jan 7th – Mar 24th)
FR618 = LBA 16:50 - WMI 20:15 / FR619 = WMI 20:40 - LBA 22:20 (Dec 31st only)
FR157 = LBA 19:25 – DUB 20:30 / FR156 = DUB 20:55 – LBA 21:55 (Oct 29th – Dec 17th & Jan 7th – Mar 24th)
Non Based Aircraft
FR1503 = GDN 06:05 – LBA 09:20 / FR1504 = LBA 09:45 – GDN 11:10 (Oct 29th – Nov 5th) Operated by Ryanair Sun
FR6048 = PMI 06:45 – LBA 08:15 / FR6049 = LBA 08:40 – PMI 12:10 (Oct 29th – Nov 5th)
FR9078 = ALC 09:45 – LBA 11:45 / FR9079 = LBA 12:10 – ALC 15:50 (Oct 29th – Nov 5th)

Wednesday
Based Aircraft 1
FR153 = LBA 06:30 – DUB 07:35 / FR152 = DUB 08:00 – LBA 09:05 (Oct 30th – Dec 18th & Jan 8th – Mar 25th)
FR153 = LBA 08:15 – DUB 09:20 / FR152 = DUB 09:45 – LBA 10:50 (Jan 1st only)
FR2203 = LBA 09:30 – WMI 12:55 / FR2204 = WMI 13:20 – LBA 15:00 (Oct 30th – Dec 18th & Jan 8th – Mar 25th)
FR2448 = LBA 11:30 – MLA 16:00 / FR2449 = MLA 16:25 – LBA 19:00 (Jan 1st only)
FR157 = LBA 19:25 – DUB 20:30 / FR156 = DUB 20:55 – LBA 21:55 (Oct 30th – Dec 18th & Jan 1st – Mar 25th)
Based Aircraft 2
FR2448 = LBA 07:00 – MLA 11:30 / FR2449 = MLA 11:55 – LBA 14:30 (Oct 30th – Dec 18th & Jan 8th – Mar 25th)
FR5041 = LBA 09:10 – BTS 12:35 / FR5042 = BTS 13:00 – LBA 14:35 (Jan 1st Only)
FR2446 = LBA 15:20 – AGP 19:25 / FR2447 = AGP 20:00 – LBA 22:10 (Oct 30th – Dec 18th & Jan 1st – Mar 25th)
Based Aircraft 3
FR9530 = LBA 06:30 – CHQ 12:35 / FR9531 = CHQ 13:00 – LBA 15:05 (Oct 30th only)
FR2203 = LBA 11:15 – WMI 14:40 / FR2204 = WMI 15:05 – LBA 16:45 (Jan 1st Only)
FR0249 = LBA 15:55 – CFU 21:15 / FR2497 = CFU 21:40 – LBA 23:10 (Oct 30th only)
FR2333 = KRK 17:45 - LBA 19:15 / FR2332 = LBA 19:40 - KRK 23:10 * (Jan 1st Only)
Non Based Aircraft
FR2504 = FAO 06:35 – LBA 09:35 / FR2503 = LBA 10:00 – FAO 12:55 (Oct 30th Only)
FR9078 = ALC 15:40 – LBA 17:40 / FR9079 = LBA 18:05 – ALC 21:45 (Oct 30th – Dec 18th & Jan 1st –Mar 25th)

Thursday
Based Aircraft 1
FR153 = LBA 06:30 – DUB 07:35 / FR152 = DUB 08:00 – LBA 09:05 (Oct 31st – Dec 19th & Jan 2nd – Mar 26th)
FR2332 = LBA 09:30 – KRK 13:00 / FR2333 = KRK 13:25 – LBA 14:55 (Oct 31st –Mar 26th)
FR2482 = LBA 16:00 – RIX 20:40 / FR2483 = RIX 21:05 – LBA 22:05 (Oct 31st – Mar 26th)
Based Aircraft 2
FR2492 = LBA 06:40 – TFS 11:20 / FR2493 = TFS 11:55 – LBA 16:30 (Oct 31st – Dec 19th & Jan 2nd – Mar 26th)
FR2492 = LBA 08:45 – TFS 13:25 / FR2493 = TFS 14:00 – LBA 18:35 (Dec 26th Only)
FR157 = LBA 19:25 – DUB 20:30 / FR156 = DUB 20:55 – LBA 21:55 (Oct 31st – Mar 26th)
Based Aircraft 3
FR2486 = LBA 06:00 – IBZ 09:50 / FR2487 = IBZ 10:25 – LBA 12:10 (Oct 31st Only)
FR251 = LBA 06:00 - RMU 10:00 / FR252 = RMU 10:35 - LBA 12:30 (Dec 19th & Jan 2nd Only)
FR2048 = LBA 13:15 – ACE 17:35 / FR2047 = ACE 18:10 – LBA 22:30 (Oct 31st – Mar 26th)
Non Based Aircraft
FR2504 = FAO 07:50 – LBA 10:50 / FR2503 = LBA 11:15 – FAO 14:10 (Oct 31st Only)
FR2535 = LPA 13:15 – LBA 17:40 / FR2536 = LBA 18:05 – LPA 22:45 (Oct 31st only)
FR9078 = ALC 15:15 – LBA 17:15 / FR9079 = LBA 17:40 – ALC 21:20 (Oct 31st – Mar 26th)

Friday
Based Aircraft 1
FR5041 = LBA 06:05 – BTS 09:30 / FR5042 = BTS 09:55 – LBA 11:30 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
FR2446 = LBA 12:20 – AGP 16:25 / FR2447 = AGP 17:00 – LBA 19:10 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
FR157 = LBA 19:35 – DUB 20:40 / FR156 = DUB 21:05 – LBA 22:05 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
Based Aircraft 2
FR153 = LBA 06:30 – DUB 07:35 / FR152 = DUB 08:00 – LBA 09:05 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
FR2332 = LBA 09:30 – KRK 13:00 / FR2333 = KRK 13:25 – LBA 14:55 (Nov 1st –Mar 27th)
FR5043 = LBA 16:05 – VNO 20:55 / FR5044 = VNO 21:20 – LBA 22:15 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
Based Aircraft 3
FR2503 = LBA 07:00 – FAO 09:55 / FR2504 = FAO 10:20 – LBA 13:25 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
FR9079 = LBA 15:35 – ALC 19:15 / FR9078 = ALC 19:50 – LBA 21:50 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th)
Non Based Aircraft
FR2324 = GRO 07:10 - LBA 08:25 / FR2325 = LBA 08:50 - GRO 12:10 (Nov 1st Only)
FR1504 = GDN 10:20 – LBA 11:45 / FR1503 = LBA 12:10 – GDN 15:25 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th) Operated by Ryanair Sun
FR4108 = WRO 17:15 – LBA 18:30 / FR4107 = LBA 18:55 – WRO 22:00 (Nov 1st – Mar 27th) Operated by Ryanair Sun

Saturday
Based Aircraft 1
FR2448 = LBA 06:15 – MLA 10:45 / FR2449 = MLA 11:10 – LBA 13:45 (Nov 2nd - Mar 28th)
FR2048 = LBA 14:35 – ACE 18:55 / FR2047 = ACE 19:30 – LBA 23:50 (Nov 2nd – Mar 28th)
Based Aircraft 2
FR153 = LBA 06:30 – DUB 07:35 / FR152 = DUB 08:00 – LBA 09:05 (Nov 2nd – Mar 28th)
FR2322 = LBA 09:30 – RMU 13:30 / FR2323 = RMU 14:05 – LBA 16:00 (Nov 2nd – Mar 28th)
FR9079 = LBA 17:00 – ALC 20:40 / FR9078 = ALC 21:15 – LBA 23:15 (Nov 2nd – Mar 28th)
Based Aircraft 3
FR2492 = LBA 09:30 – TFS 14:10 / FR2493 = TFS 14:45 – LBA 19:20 (Nov 2nd – Mar 28th)
FR157 = LBA 20:10 – DUB 21:15 / FR156 = DUB 21:40 – LBA 22:40 (Nov 2nd – Mar 28th)
Non Based Aircraft
FR2504 = FAO 06:35 – LBA 09:35 / FR2503 = LBA 10:00 – FAO 12:55 (Nov 2nd only)

Sunday
Based Aircraft 1
FR1584 = LBA 06:30 – FUE 10:55 / FR1585 = FUE 11:30 – LBA 15:55 (Oct 27th – Mar 22nd)
FR2203 = LBA 16:45– WMI 20:10 / FR2204 = WMI 20:35 – LBA 22:15 (Oct 27th – Mar 22nd)
Based Aircraft 2
FR2482 = LBA 06:30 – RIX 11:10 / FR2483 = RIX 11:35 – LBA 12:35 (Oct 27th - Mar 22nd)
FR2332 = LBA 13:35 – KRK 17:05 / FR2333 = KRK 17:30 – LBA 19:00 (Oct 27th –Mar 22nd)
FR157 = LBA 19:25 – DUB 20:30 / FR156 = DUB 20:55 – LBA 21:55 (Oct 27th - Mar 22nd)
Based Aircraft 3
FR1503 = LBA 06:50 – GDN 10:30 / FR1504 = GDN 10:30 – LBA 11:55 (Oct 27th – Mar 22nd)
FR2446 = LBA 13:00 – AGP 17:05 / FR2447 = AGP 17:40 – LBA 19:50 (Oct 27th – Mar 22nd)
Non Based Aircraft
FR2504 = FAO 06:35 – LBA 09:35 / FR2503 = LBA 10:00 – FAO 12:55 (Oct 27th – Nov 3rd)
FR2047 = ACE 13:50 – LBA 18:10 / FR2048 = LBA 18:35 – ACE 22:55 (Oct 27th – Mar 22nd)
FR9078 = ALC 15:30 – LBA 17:30 / FR9079 = LBA 17:55 – ALC 21:35 (Oct 27th – Mar 22nd)

 

[louis_walton]

It's great to see such a large winter presence from Ryanair and hopefully we will be only lightly or even not at all hit by all the negative changes they are making. As by all accounts the Ryanair LBA base seems to be doing quiet well! Or should I dare say very well?

 

[Tarn Spotter]

The HIgh Court in Dublin has halted the strike of Irish pilots due to start tomorrow on the grounds the Union did not follow correct mediation procedures outlined in the agreement between the company and the Union.
A similar injunction procedure is taking place in the High Court in London today based on the same grounds to stop tomorrows strike by U.K. pilots.

 

[lbaspotter]

Anyone want overtime comes to mind! They are by all accounts over staffed by 900, so they must be plenty of spare crews out there to cover the strikes.

 

[lbaspotter]

The plane doing the run is due in at 14:40 but it's not from Portugal...will look on FR24 to see where it's come from later.

The FR2504 is operating normally due into Leeds at 1505 operated by Boeing 737-800, EI-DHE.

 

[Severn]

The plane doing the run is due in at 14:40 but it's not from Portugal...will look on FR24 to see where it's come from later.

Todays FAO flight is operated by a CRL (Brussels Charleroi) based aircraft and crew. It operates CRL-FAO-LBA-FAO-CRL. As lbaspotter noted, it's operated by B738 EI-DHE.
Flightradar24 is not giving the correct information on many of the RYR flights today as quite a few have been re-timed to minimise the disruption caused by the cabin crew strike in FAO today. On a summer Wednesday, one of the FAO based aircraft normally operates FAO-OPO-FAO-CRL-FAO-LBA-FAO, but today will only operate FAO-OPO-FAO, and a CRL aircraft operating the rest - CRL-FAO-LBA-FAO-CRL.
Interestingly, the FAO base which used to have at least 7x based aircraft is now only 4x aircraft base. All 4x aircraft are operating today, but some with reduced schedules.

 

[lbaspotter]

Latest update from Ryanair website regards its UK based pilot strike running from tomorrow to Friday is as follows.

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THU 22 & FRI 23 UK FLIGHTS TO OPERATE AS SCHEDULED
21 Aug 2019 • 16:47

Ryanair regrets the decision by less than 30% of our highly paid UK pilots to vote for strikes on Thurs 22nd & Fri 23rd August, in support of unreasonable pay demands that Captains pay be DOUBLED from a current £170,000 p.a. to over £375,700 p.a., just 9 weeks before BREXIT, which could severely damage Ryanair’s business and UK pilot jobs.

Ryanair applied today to the London High Court for an injunction to prevent this unjustified strike by a small number of pilots going ahead during the last week of the UK school holidays. However thanks to the great work and volunteerism of the vast majority of our UK based pilots, Ryanair now expects to operate its full schedule of flights to/from our UK airports on Thurs 22nd and Fri 23rd. We do not expect significant disruptions on Thurs or Friday, however we cannot rule out some small flight delays and/or flight changes. We are working hard with our pilot teams to minimise any such delays for our customers and their families.

All passengers scheduled to travel on flights to/from UK airports on Thurs 22nd & Fri 23rd Aug should arrive at their departure airport as normal and they can expect their scheduled Ryanair flight to depart on time.

We sincerely thank the vast majority of our UK based pilots for volunteering to fly on Thurs & Fri so that we can minimise disruptions to our customers and their families during the last week of the school holidays. We again call on the BALPA union and this small minority of UK pilots to return to Mediation, as they are required to under our Recognition Agreement. British pilots earning six figure annual salaries should not be threatening the holiday flights of thousands of British passengers and their families (very few of whom earn over £170,000 p.a.).

 

[Jerry]

That sounds a lot of money for a short haul pilot if its true......

Apparently that's the pay senior Captain are on after 25 year's service. Newly qualified first officers are apparently on 40,000.

 

[Len Fish]

And on the other side of the coin, from BBC News:
“The pilots are striking over pay and benefits. They have asked Ryanair to change its policies on issues such as pensions, maternity benefits and insurance for pilots who lose their licence.
They are also calling on the airline to "harmonise pay across the UK in a fair, transparent, and consistent structure".
Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Brian Strutton, the general secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), said the union, which was only recognised by Ryanair 18 months ago, had tried to negotiate a "comprehensive package" with the airline.
"Unfortunately Ryanair wouldn't engage with that, they haven't made us any offer at all," he said.
Asked whether pilots had made demands for captains' salaries to be doubled to more than £375,000 a year, as Ryanair had claimed, Mr Strutton said: "It's drivel."

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Dont even think they'll be paying some executives £375,000 PA. God MOL is such a bullshitter.

 

[Jerry]

I know Ryanair have only recently recognised unions but I'd have thought that they would have hired people with experience dealing with and negotiating with unions rather than just carrying on as before?

 

[Seasider]

I know Ryanair have only recently recognised unions but I'd have thought that they would have hired people with experience dealing with and negotiating with unions rather than just carrying on as before?

I think it shows that they were paying "lip service" to the union.

 

[White Heather]

I have seen an article today confirming that Ryanair are to close 4 bases in Spain, these being Las Palmas, Tenerife South, Arrecife and Girona. It appears from the article that Faro may not now close although it is far from clear. The closure of the Canary Island bases is in line with the information I provided a few months ago, that Ryanair would be reducing its flights to the Canaries from this winter going forward, with more flights instead to mainland Spain. It would appear that this decision was made in the knowledge that they would no longer have based aircraft down there. According to the article, 500 Ryanair staff are now at risk of losing their jobs. It will be interesting to see if/when Ryanair get their 737 MAX's/8800s or whatever they intend to call them, whether or not they re-open some of the bases that they are closing, but it seems unlikely as by then, their flight crews will no doubt have moved elsewhere.

 

[Jerry]

I have seen an article today confirming that Ryanair are to close 4 bases in Spain, these being Las Palmas, Tenerife South, Arrecife and Girona. It appears from the article that Faro may not now close although it is far from clear. The closure of the Canary Island bases is in line with the information I provided a few months ago, that Ryanair would be reducing its flights to the Canaries from this winter going forward, with more flights instead to mainland Spain. It would appear that this decision was made in the knowledge that they would no longer have based aircraft down there. According to the article, 500 Ryanair staff are now at risk of losing their jobs. It will be interesting to see if/when Ryanair get their 737 MAX's/8800s or whatever they intend to call them, whether or not they re-open some of the bases that they are closing, but it seems unlikely as by then, their flight crews will no doubt have moved elsewhere.

Has this been confirmed by Ryanair? Obviously airport's that Ryanair base at won't lose too much but for others this is bad for them.