Ryanair

[thunderchild]

Ryanair have brought forward the launch of the Sofia base two months so flights now commence 6th September.

 

[jfy1999]

I assume they're hoping to make a pre-emptive strike against Wizz on a load of routes.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Aswell as making Sofia an A321 and adding an extra flight Wizz have also now swapped their days of operation to match those of Ryanair, so it's shaping up to be quite a battle.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Ryanair

SOF 17:15 BHX 18:40
BHX 19:05 SOF 00:20

Wizz Air

SOF 17:00 BHX 18:30
BHX 19:05 SOF 00:25

Will we see Gdansk and/or Katowice from Wizz in the near future?

 

[nwoody2001]

that is a shame that Wizz has responded in that way.. I liked the fact before that the flights were scheduled for different days!

 

[jfy1999]

Wizz have definitely been avoiding Ryanair up to now. On both routes where they're in competition (WAW and SOF), it's been Wizz who made the first move and Ryanair who have retaliated. Hopefully this will eventually result in Ryanair re-introducing Budapest, although I wouldn't be surprised to see them start Bucharest given the way they started Madrid.

I notice Wizz don't yet fly out of Kraków. At 2 weekly from RYR, we could really use some competition on that route, probably more than Gdansk or Katowice.

 

[Ray Finkle]

If rumours are to be believed then Wizz are currently in talks with Krakow over a base. One to keep an eye on.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Vilnius, Malta, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, Bratislava, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga, Palma and Tenerife all have extra flights added over the Christmas and New Year period.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Next years Cheltenham Festival flights are now showing.

Mon 13th 8 flights
Tue 14th 10 flights
Wed 15th 8 flights
Thur 16th 9 flights
Fri 17th 10 flights

 

[Ray Finkle]

The Ryanair timetable is now showing until September 2017, although nothing is bookable yet.

The biggest change looks to be Faro which goes from 4x weekly up to daily. Gran Canaria and Tenerife look to gain an extra flight each going 3 and 4 weekly respectively. Ibiza drops to 2x weekly losing the Tuesday flight. Aside from that, at this very early stage, it's as you were.

It's extremely early days so further changes are more or less guaranteed.

 

[jfy1999]

This year Faro only goes up to 4 weekly in August, and even then I think that's a bit thin compared to more than 14 weekly up at Manchester. So good to see it increasing.

 

[richard winterbourn]

In Charleroi this morning there was an impressive dawn line-up of 14 RYR Boeings ready to fly to here there and, well not quite everywhere....

I remain surprised that Brussels, a major cultural, business and international trading city is not linked directly by RYR to BHX through either Charleroi or Zaventem.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Given that we'll have Jet2 on the routes for next summer, I wonder what the odds are for the return of Girona and/or Reus?

 

[Brum X]

In Charleroi this morning there was an impressive dawn line-up of 14 RYR Boeings ready to fly to here there and, well not quite everywhere....

I remain surprised that Brussels, a major cultural, business and international trading city is not linked directly by RYR to BHX through either Charleroi or Zaventem.

The same with EDI, you can only fly with Fybe and BRU you have Brussels Airlines. Im sure Ryanair would fill there planes if they flew to both of these cities.

 

[Brum X]

In Charleroi this morning there was an impressive dawn line-up of 14 RYR Boeings ready to fly to here there and, well not quite everywhere....

I remain surprised that Brussels, a major cultural, business and international trading city is not linked directly by RYR to BHX through either Charleroi or Zaventem.

The same with EDI, you can only fly with Fybe and BRU you have Brussels Airlines. Im sure Ryanair would fill there planes if they flew to both of these cities.

 

[Bhx_fifteen]

I too would be keen for flights to EDI and GLA. Ryanair's flights from STN to EDI and GLA start from around £30 return. Flybe's are about 3 times this price!

 

[Jerry]

I too would be keen for flights to EDI and GLA. Ryanair's flights from STN to EDI and GLA start from around £30 return. Flybe's are about 3 times this price!

Yeah there flights from Dublin to LBA are around the same! Would love Ryanair to do routes like that from CWL. Flybe are ok but can be a bit pricey sometimes.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I used to love using Bmibaby for a nice weekend in EDI.

For what Flybe want now, I'd have got flights, a hotel and a good chunk of spending money.

 

[Jerry]

I used to love using Bmibaby for a nice weekend in EDI.

For what Flybe want now, I'd have got flights, a hotel and a good chunk of spending money.

Flybe have been good for CWL but they can be expensive. looked up how much a weekend away in edinburgh would be for the rugby and lets just say it was pricey!

 

[Brum X]

I used to love using Bmibaby for a nice weekend in EDI.

For what Flybe want now, I'd have got flights, a hotel and a good chunk of spending money.

And if i could get a return to EDI for £20 rtn like i did to DUB last summer (amazing) even about £50 rtn, id even go up for the day to do some plane spotting. Damn you Flybe

 

[TheLocalYokel]

And if i could get a return to EDI for £20 rtn like i did to DUB last summer (amazing) even about £50 rtn, id even go up for the day to do some plane spotting. Damn you Flybe

My wife and regularly did day trips with easyJet (and Go before that) from Bristol to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. Usually paid around £15-£20 each way then. Lots to do and see in and around all those cities. Don't do it any more as we are now too old to get up at stupid o'clock go catch the first northbound of the day.