Ryanair

[Stagman]

Sounds like the Malaga & Tenerife routes will be looking to start next year.

New holiday routes from Teesside promised as part of re-election campaign

The Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today promised new holiday routes from...

planetradio.co.uk

 

[Seasider]

Will the electorate pick it up for him?

 

[Snackbar]

sorry but does the mayor really think that the Teesside public are so gullible?

How can he make a pledge like that? Unless of course an airline has already made that commitment in which case it will happen whether or not he gets elected!
Perhaps he could explain what happened to the low cost carrier ops base which he promised in his business case & pledge that should he get re-elected that will actually happen, suspect that he won’t though!

By the way I understand Ryanair were supposed to be already flying these routes from MME but they got pulled due to the shortage of aircraft………

 

[pug]

sorry but does the mayor really think that the Teesside public are so gullible?

How can he make a pledge like that? Unless of course an airline has already made that commitment in which case it will happen whether or not he gets elected!
Perhaps he could explain what happened to the low cost carrier ops base which he promised in his business case & pledge that should he get re-elected that will actually happen, suspect that he won’t though!

By the way I understand Ryanair were supposed to be already flying these routes from MME but they got pulled due to the shortage of aircraft………

I’m not sure that’s strictly the true reason, as Ryanair are adding more capacity into TFS and I think AGP this summer, but MME does not feature in that capacity increase.

Mention of aircraft shortage is just a way of deflecting from the real issue, and that is MME is way down in the list of priorities even though Ryanair are probably getting an exceptionally good deal to fly from there.

Doesn’t bode well.

 

[pug]

Looks like AGP is to finally be announced at 2 x weekly. It’s good to see they’re apparently committed to non-based regional airports at the moment.

 

[Stagman]

Looking at the timings, it certainly going to be a very popular route with people able to have a good first afternoon/ evening. There will certainly be some moaning about the return times. But its a start and we won't have better return times until a base is opened at Teesside, which I could possibly see happening within the next couple of years.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1856305033853223222

 

[pug]

A base isn’t impossible but I think probably whilst they are at LBA and NCL, they wouldn’t be able to justify it I don’t think. A seasonal TUI base like NWI and EXT is more likely.

 

[Stagman]

Ryanair 2025 Summer timetable so far...

Alicante: Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Faro: Wednesday & Saturday.
Palma: Thursday & Sunday.
Malaga: Monday & Thursday.
Corfu: Saturday.

That is 582 flights at the moment pencilled in.

 

[Stagman]

Malaga flight will now operate all year round.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1917213104808591834

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Malaga flight will now operate all year round.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1917213104808591834

I was looking at Tui's website. Summer 2026 doesn't seem to be on sale from Teeside, but 2026 is on sale from others, including LBA. Have I overlooked something?

 

[Stagman]

I was looking at Tui's website. Summer 2026 doesn't seem to be on sale from Teeside, but 2026 is on sale from others, including LBA. Have I overlooked something?

TUI only have flights for Palma in 2026 twice a week.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

TUI only have flights for Palma in 2026 twice a week.

Thats a shame. So only 2 a week fm Tui, 0 from Balkan, and how many from Ryanair?

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

TUI will use Ryanair - it seems to be the model they are leaning toward.