Ryanair to open two aircraft Copenhagen base in Winter ’23
29.08.2023 - 09:01
/ traveldailynews.com
/ Michael Oleary
/ Tatiana Rokou
Copenhagen becomes Ryanair’s 2nd Danish base in addition to Billund. Ryanair’s winter ’23 schedule to/from Copenhagen offers 24 routes, with 4 exciting new destinations to Dusseldorf, Faro, Paris and Warsaw, and increased frequencies to Gdansk and Krakow.
Ryanair announced it will open a 2 aircraft base in Copenhagen from Dec 2023, creating up to 100 direct jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers in a $200m new aircraft investment. Ryanair is already Copenhagen’s No. 3 airline operating 20 routes and carrying 2.3m passengers p.a. to/from Copenhagen. This new two aircraft base will allow Ryanair to offer its unbeatable low fares to Danish citizens/visitors who want early morning departures and late evening arrivals at Copenhagen, but can’t afford the very high air fares being charged by State subsidised high fare airlines SAS and Norwegian. Copenhagen becomes Ryanair’s 2 nd Danish base in addition to Billund. Ryanair’s winter ’23 schedule to/from Copenhagen offers 24 routes, with 4 exciting new destinations to Dusseldorf, Faro, Paris and Warsaw, and increased frequencies to Gdansk and Krakow.
Ryanair’s Winter ’23 Copenhagen schedule delivers;
In 2023/24, Ryanair expects to carry 184m passengers rising 24% from its pre Covid traffic of 149m. In Denmark, Ryanair has a 2 aircraft base in Billund, and also offers flights to 3 other Danish airports, Aalborg, Aarhus and Copenhagen. Copenhagen’s new 2 aircraft base from Dec will allow Ryanair to offer low fare competition and choice for early morning departures and late evening arrivals at Copenhagen. The 100 new jobs will be created by Ryanair under its agreed CLA with the Danske Metal Union in Denmark, which already covers Ryanair pay and conditions at its Billund base. Ryanair’s new Copenhagen base complies fully with Danish employment law and these high paid jobs will all pay their taxes in Denmark.
Ryanair expects to operate from Copenhagen’s low cost “CPH GO” pier. Ryanair calls on Copenhagen to lower its high airport charges, which continue to hamper Copenhagen’s post-Covid recovery. Copenhagen’s capacity in S23 is only c. 85% of its pre-Covid volumes, and recovery is being delayed by Copenhagen’s high airport fees. Ryanair calls on the Danish Regulator to follow the lead of many other EU airports, who since Covid have lowered airport fees to recover traffic growth.
In Copenhagen, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said: “As Europe’s No. 1 airline, Ryanair is pleased to announce this 2 aircraft base in Copenhagen from Dec, which will compliment our 2 aircraft base in Billund. This represents a further $200m investment by Ryanair in the recovery of air traffic and tourism in Copenhagen, which continues to lag behind its pre-Covid volumes. Ryanair believes