Ryanair

[lbaspotter]

13 Days to go...

I'll miss tomorrows count down as wont be around until Sunady evening. So hopefully somebody else will carry on.

 

[Aviador]

well nobody else has taken up the offer so I'll give it a go...

12 days to go!!!

and counting til the opening of the new Ryanair base at LBA.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_DCX-Ukilo&feature=player_embedded#[/video]

 

[Aviador]

10 Days to go...

 

[lbaspotter]

I,m back.

9 Days to go now.

 

[lbaspotter]

8 Days to go. 7 days till 2 empty Ryanair Aircraft position into LBA

 

[lbaspotter]

7 Days to go!! until the new LBA ryanair base takes-off

 

[lbaspotter]

6 Days to go.

 

[Seasider]

Great pictures , but is it asking too much to say where they were taken?

 

[lbaspotter]

5 Days to go!

Dont know where its taken. But i guess its inside an ryanair 737-800 in flight..

 

[lbaspotter]

4 Days to go!

 

[Bigman]

I'd be a little bit worried if it was taken outside the 737/800!!!!

 

[lbaspotter]

I'd be a little bit worried if it was taken outside the 737/800!!!!

Well the photo could have been taken by a man wing-walking. ha ha,,

 

[lbaspotter]

3 Days to go.

 

[Bigman]

Looks like the based aircraft are arriving tonight according to the arrivals board!!!

FR1561P due 19:50 from Dublin
FR1562P due 20:10 from Dublin

 

[Aviador]

Must be doing press and photo shoots tomorrow then at a guess?

 

[pilot_737]

could be new crews doing some base training at the new base? a few circuits maybe?

 

[lbaspotter]

2 Days to go!

 

[lbaspotter]

1 Day to go, It's the final count down.

But the 2 based Aircraft are here already.

 

[lbaspotter]

We have Take-off , Ryanair's LBA base is now open

 

[lbaspotter]

Hi

Ryanair have released a press release on there website about there new LBA base opening today.

See below, Source = http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/leeds-br ... -1m-pax-pa

Leeds Bradford base opens with 1m pax paRyanair’s Leeds Bradford base opens today

2 aircraft, 17 routes and 1m pax p.a.

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (25th Mar) opened its 34th base at Leeds Bradford with two aircraft and 17 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Ryanair celebrated this new base and 17 routes by releasing 1m €5 seats for travel across its European network in late April and May which are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Monday (29th Mar).

Speaking in Leeds Bradford today, Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:

“Ryanair is delighted to open its Leeds Bradford base which offers passengers 17 routes in a total investment worth over $140m. Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford base will deliver 1million passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 local jobs.

“To celebrate the opening of our Leeds Bradford base we are releasing 1m €5 seats for travel in late April and May on over 500 Ryanair routes throughout Europe”.

Ryanair’s 17 Leeds Bradford routes

Alicante Malaga
Barcelona Malta
Carcassonne Montpellier
Dublin Murcia
Faro Nantes
Ibiza Palma
Knock Pisa
Krakow Venice Treviso
Limoges


Tony Hallwood, LBIA Commercial Director, said

"Leeds Bradford is pleased to see the commencement of 14 new destinations by Ryanair this week, offering Yorkshire leisure travellers a wide choice of destinations across six European countries. By delivering seven new routes to the airport this summer Ryanair is also supporting LBIA's important role as Yorkshire's international gateway airport and securing over 1,000 new jobs in the region".

Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said:

“This is great news for Yorkshire as it reinforces the work that we are doing internationally to ensure our region is the UK’s number one holiday destination. The new Ryanair routes open up the region to a combined population of over 5 million possible visitors. You can be sure they will all receive a very warm welcome to Yorkshire”.