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New routes on budget airlines
Posted September 25th, 2007 by Karen BradburyDo we love Ryanair, or do we fly them only because their prices are so darn cheap? I won’t answer that question! But does Ryanair really care about its passengers’ love, as long as the airline is profitable? Read “Michael O'Leary: A Life in Full Flight,” the newly released biography of Ryanair’s boss, to see how this airline became Europe’s number one carrier. But I digress…
New routes continue to open up at lightning speed on Ryanair and other budget airlines. I’ve decided against listing all of the new routes, as many are nowhere near military communities or prime tourist destinations. But with this ever-expanding network of cheap air, our travel options keep on growing. And remember, with cheapo one-way fares, you don’t have to confine yourself to just there and back. Suppose you have family coming in for Christmas. You all could, theoretically, fly Ryanair out of Frankfurt-Hahn, spend the weekend in Dublin, from there head on over to Alicante, Spain, fly in to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, and take the train home from there. Oh the possibilities!
To figure out which budget airlines serve your area, either the low-cost airline guide or whichbudget makes a good start. And look for these new routes going into service soon. Has anyone found any great new routes on these or other budget airlines?
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Airline |
New Route |
Opens |
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Malta to Venice, Italy |
Summer 2008 |
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Ryanair |
Alghero, Sardinia, to Milan, Italy |
Jan. 16, 2008 |
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Ryanair |
Alicante, Spain, to East Midlands, UK |
Dec. 5, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Alicante, Spain, to Brussels |
Nov. 13, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Alicante, Spain, to Karlsruhe, Germany |
Nov. 14, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
London Stansted to Billund, Denmark |
Oct. 29, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Bologna, Italy, to Brussels |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Bremen, Germany, to Trapani, Sicily |
Sept. 26, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Brussels to Grenoble, France |
Dec. 22, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Brussels to Pau, Pyrenees, France |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Brussels to Turin, Italy |
Dec. 22, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
East Midlands, UK, to Budapest |
Nov. 7, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Budapest to Frankfurt-Hahn |
Oct. 31, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Dublin to Turin |
Dec. 22, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Trapani, Sicily, to Düsseldorf |
Oct. 4, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
East Midlands, UK, to Riga, Latvia |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
East Midlands, UK, to Salzburg, Austria |
Dec. 22, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Eindhoven, Netherlands, to Stockholm |
Oct. 31, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Frankfurt-Hahn to Fuerteventura, Canary Islands |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Frankfurt-Hahn to Madrid |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Frankfurt-Hahn to Tenerife |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Karlsruhe to Alicante |
Nov. 14, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Karlsruhe to Valencia |
Oct. 31, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Maastricht-Aachen to Alicante |
Nov. 14, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Bremen, Germany, to Trapani, Sicily |
Sept. 26, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Pisa to Paris |
Oct. 28, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Pisa to Stockholm |
Oct. 11, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Pisa to Porto, Portugal |
Oct. 29, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Riga, Latvia, to Milan |
Jan. 17, 2008 |
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Ryanair |
Karlsruhe to Stockholm |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Pisa to Stockholm |
Oct. 11, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
East Midlands, UK to Tenerife, Canary Islands |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Trapani, Sicily to Stockholm, Sweden |
Nov. 2, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Eindhoven, Netherlands, to Valencia, Spain |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Valencia to Bologna |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Ryanair |
Maastricht-Aachen to Valencia |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
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Reykjavik, Iceland, to Luxembourg |
Sept. 15, 2007 |
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Rome to Tirgu Mures, Romania |
In service |
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Wizz Air |
Barcelona to Tirgu Mures |
In service |
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Wizz Air |
London to Tirgu Mures |
Oct. 2007 |
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East Midlands, UK, to Madrid |
Dec. 7, 2007 |
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London Luton to Tel Aviv |
Nov. 1, 2007 |
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Thomsonfly |
Manchester, UK, to Tel Aviv |
Nov. 1, 2007 |
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London Luton to Tatra Mountains (Zakopane), Poland |
Oct. 1, 2007 |
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Birmingham to Toronto |
In service |
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Seville, Spain, to Rome |
Oct. 29, 2007 |
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London Luton to Isle of Man |
Winter 2007 |
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Karlsruhe to Rimini, Italy |
Sept. 29, 2007 |
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Air Berlin |
London Stansted to Munich |
Nov. 5, 2007 |
| Stuttgart to Bucharest | In service | |
| Air Italy |
Naples, Italy, to Verona, Italy |
In service |
New route search website
Hi, I recently found a new website called www.harefares.com that lets you search which european airlines fly between various cities. It is fast, easy to use, and updated frequently...definitely a hit with me.