Sad day for Maastricht-Aachen Airport. This morning the based crew has been informed that as of March 2014 the base will be closed. Until now, these are routes are still bookable: Alicante, Bari, Faro, Porto, Palma de Mallroca , Girona and Trapani. All other routes will probably be cancelled ...

After just a few months the only route to/from Brive-la-Gaillarde is already cancelled:

Maastricht (MST) - Brive (BVE)

Forecast for the Netherlands is quite good. Very low temperatures, but little snow expected. If there will be snow coming down, it will not be enough to surprise the government here. They are well prepared, so no major problems in the Netherlands.

Looks like Wizz Air finally defeated Ryanair on a direct competition route (Eindhoven-Gdansk) instead of the other way around. Eindhoven schedule has been released for a few weeks now, including the WMI route, but routes to Gdansk are still missing.

Looking at the flight overview of EIN, a FR ...

Groningen - Marseille won't return in 2013, after only being operated in the Summer '12 season. Ryanair talking with Groningen Airport to add a new destination in Southern Europe.

From November (If Torino becomes a base)

Turin, Sandro Pertini (caselle) (TRN) to Dublin (DUB)
Turin, Sandro Pertini (caselle) (TRN) to Lamezia-terme, S Eufemia (SUF)
Turin, Sandro Pertini (caselle) (TRN) to Pescara, Liberi (PSR)
Turin, Sandro Pertini (caselle) (TRN) to Stockholm, Skavsta (NYO ...

Just checked the Ryanair booking system. The Girona - London-Gatwick route will be cancelled with the last flight leaving Girona the 2nd of May. So your flight will be operated and since no missleading information has been given by Ryanair, no blame on them... You took a risk by booking your EZY ...

Ryanair is talking with BUDAPEST airport for a return as soon as possible ! I don't know if :ryanair: want etablished a base at Budapest because just before :ryanair: left Budapest , they wanted open a base with 20 new routes but Budapest refused that !!!


Hmm, source? Lots of direct competition ...

New base at Lamezia Terme (Italy)


Someone at the Ryanair press conference in Lamezia (about the new routes from there) said this: "Perhaps the greatest news of today is the official confirmation that a Ryanair base in Calabria is formally in the pipeline for the near future"

I think this ...

NEW BASE : Paphos Cyprus

Cyprus Tourism Organisation in discussion with Ryanair regarding basing 2 aircraft in Paphos from the Autumn, operating 30 routes to :
Brussels South Charleroi
Frankfurt Hahn
Paris Beauvais
Rome Ciampino
Düsseldorf Weeze
Madrid
London Stansted
Krakow and others routes ...