Ryanair is opening a new base at Cologne Bonn Airport with five new routes joining the Ryanair network from October 2014.
Ryanair 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport – Image GhettoIFE.com.
The routes that will be joining the wide and far Ryanair network include:
- Cologne to Dublin – Once Daily, Commences 26th October 2014
- Cologne to London Stanstead – Twice Daily, Commences 26th October 2014
- Cologne to Riga – Three times weekly, Commences 28th October 2014
- Cologne – Rome Ciampino, Once Daily, Commences 28th October 2014
- Cologne – Madrid, Four times weekly, Commences 29th October 2014
All routes will be operated by the Ryanair fleet of Boeing 737-800s.
Cologne Bonn Airport is home to Germanwings, with them operating the bulk of the services there. Ryanair operates five services currently to Cologne (mainly from Mediterranean destinations).
Whilst it’s a minor attempt to irritate Germanwings, in a minor broadside attempt to grab traffic, it could be the start of a very interesting war between the two low cost carriers….
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