Ryaniar announcment in Bilbao

clintondaly

Any idea what the announcement will be?

IngazZagni

Where did you hear this? I know there has been a lot of activity for Ryanair routes in Spain after Spanair went bust last week. They announced almost under the radar Asturias as a new destination serving BCN and MAD starting in April. Bilbao is really the last big airport in Spain that Ryanair is currently not serving so it wouldn't surprise me at all to see them open up shop here too.

clintondaly

saw it on Twitter

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/02/06/paisvasco/1328534201.html

No spanish though

RadioRetro

Google Translate says...

"Bilbao Airport will join the list of airports where Ryanair operates, according to informed sources the company to Europa Press.

The president of the airline, Michael O'Leary will travel Tuesday to Bilbao to address various topical issues and in particular "important news" for the summer.

Specifically, we will present the operations provided in the 'La Paloma', which until now has operated the company .

Ryanair has made ​​flying only in Euskadi from Foronda airport in Álava. Specifically, in 2005 signed an agreement with the Provincial Council of Alava on the receive one million euros to operate this airfield. However, in 2007, the company concluded its operations.

In this case the Diputaciín of Biscay had nothing to do in negotiations, as indicated to this newspaper statutory sources of the institution."

IngazZagni

Yeah two new routes announced for now. BIO to BCN and MAD. He mentioned the possibility of routes to the UK, Ireland and the Canaries which could be announced in March for Summer if talks go well.

clintondaly

He is making another announcment in Warsaw tomorrow

David086

But Santander is right next to Bilbao?

IngazZagni

David086 wrote: »

But Santander is right next to Bilbao?

Yeah just over an hours drive between them. According to O'leary both airports are sustainable together. Certainly I think that's true for domestic flights to BCN and MAD but for longer routes like to the UK, it will either have to be one or the other, not both.

extraice

will didnt go all that will with O’Leary in Bilbao Airport today ... via tve website there pic about how he said the closure of Spanair was ‘an inevitable tragedy’ because of the high management costs, and he invited the workers in the Catalan company to apply for a job with his. But Spanair workers have rejected an offer of employment from Ryanair. There are two reasons for their rejection, the obligation to pay taxes in Ireland, and to ‘open an account in Gibraltar to collect their wages’. President of the Spanair workers committee, Ricardo Oso.

Again O’Leary He explained in a press conference that there had been contacts with the Pilots’ Chief from Spanair to transmit the invitation although he underlined that the company is Irish and as such the wages would be paid in an Irish bank and tax would also be paid in Ireland.

Spanair workers remain in limbo as they are not yet on the dole, but neither are they working, and they were only paid 1,000 € for their wages in January.

O’Leary had to be escorted after a press conference in Bilbao later today by the Basque regional police, La Ertzaintza, after he provoked the Spanair workers who have been holding a sit-in at the airport for the past nine days.

IngazZagni

extraice wrote: »

will didnt go all that will with O’Leary in Bilbao Airport today ... via tve website there pic about how he said the closure of Spanair was ‘an inevitable tragedy’ because of the high management costs, and he invited the workers in the Catalan company to apply for a job with his. But Spanair workers have rejected an offer of employment from Ryanair. There are two reasons for their rejection, the obligation to pay taxes in Ireland, and to ‘open an account in Gibraltar to collect their wages’. President of the Spanair workers committee, Ricardo Oso.

Again O’Leary He explained in a press conference that there had been contacts with the Pilots’ Chief from Spanair to transmit the invitation although he underlined that the company is Irish and as such the wages would be paid in an Irish bank and tax would also be paid in Ireland.

Spanair workers remain in limbo as they are not yet on the dole, but neither are they working, and they were only paid 1,000 € for their wages in January.

O’Leary had to be escorted after a press conference in Bilbao later today by the Basque regional police, La Ertzaintza, after he provoked the Spanair workers who have been holding a sit-in at the airport for the past nine days.

And O'leary thanked the protesters for the free publicity as now more people know about the new routes than if it had been a normal press conference.