Cardiff: Ryanair Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Samdorob]

New routes from Porto to Exeter and Bournemouth and Malaga to Norwich for S27. What does Cardiff have to do to catch a break from Ryanair? It has to be the lingering uncertainty of the ongoing legal action.

I’m not sure the spat with Bristol would be enough to put them off launching one new route. It’s something they could pull after one season if they wanted.

We’ll just have to wait and see if they announce something. On the plus side, because they have added new routes to Exeter and Norwich, there’s a good chance Cardiff will see something announced before the year is out. Last year neither of them had anything new (along with Cardiff).

I did find this article on Ryanair, and I might be reading too much into it, but the headline states “first 29 new routes”. That implies they have another round coming soon.

RYANAIR REVEALS FIRST 29 NEW ROUTES FOR SUMMER 2027 AHEAD OF BUMPER SUMMER 2027 SCHEDULE LAUNCH

GIVING CUSTOMERS THE CHANCE TO BOOK EARLY AND AVAIL OF THE LOWEST FARES Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 9 Oct) launched the first new routes of its Summer 2027 schedule, giving cost-savvy customers the chance to get ahead of the flock and bag themselves a bargain early bird fare...

corporate.ryanair.com

 

[Marko1]

If it helps Bristol hasn’t had anything new either

 

[MrFenner]

If it helps Bristol hasn’t had anything new either

They have WMI returning S27 after the route was dropped in S23, so not brand new as such.

 

[Jerry]

It's a bit disappointing that Cardiff isn't on this list but still plenty of time for new routes, extra frequency to added to the current routes like Alicante. Hopefully as well maybe Cork or Rome might become permanent as well.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2108493844866113843

New routes from Porto to Exeter and Bournemouth and Malaga to Norwich for S27. What does Cardiff have to do to catch a break from Ryanair? It has to be the lingering uncertainty of the ongoing legal action.

I doubt very much its any sort of legal action. I suspect they've just had a better deal, which is kind of ironic considering everyone states Cardiff has some sort of advantage. There's still plenty of time for more frequency to be added to current routes as well as new routes hell even a base announcement.

I’m not sure the spat with Bristol would be enough to put them off launching one new route. It’s something they could pull after one season if they wanted.

We’ll just have to wait and see if they announce something. On the plus side, because they have added new routes to Exeter and Norwich, there’s a good chance Cardiff will see something announced before the year is out. Last year neither of them had anything new (along with Cardiff).

I did find this article on Ryanair, and I might be reading too much into it, but the headline states “first 29 new routes”. That implies they have another round coming soon.

RYANAIR REVEALS FIRST 29 NEW ROUTES FOR SUMMER 2027 AHEAD OF BUMPER SUMMER 2027 SCHEDULE LAUNCH

GIVING CUSTOMERS THE CHANCE TO BOOK EARLY AND AVAIL OF THE LOWEST FARES Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 9 Oct) launched the first new routes of its Summer 2027 schedule, giving cost-savvy customers the chance to get ahead of the flock and bag themselves a bargain early bird fare...

corporate.ryanair.com

I would be very surprised if there wasn't more to be announced at a later date.

 

[Jack Ruckley]

One must ask what are we doing wrong with Ryanair at Cardiff and for Exeter to get Porto - (a niche route in my opinion) is a surprise and annoying.

We can’t even get Palma, Barcelona & Malta back - (latter 2 of which used to operate pre-Covid at Cardiff.

Surely something is going on with CWL & Ryan HQ.

For examples:
- the new self service machines in a non-base airport.

 

[Jerry]

One must ask what are we doing wrong with Ryanair at Cardiff and for Exeter to get Porto - (a niche route in my opinion) is a surprise and annoying.

Porto was launched from Bournemouth as well who has the same owner as Exeter so there may well be some sort of deal there. Aviation is competitive and there's always a strong chance Cardiff will miss out to other airports. There's still plenty of time. With PMI there is a lot of competition with TUI and Ryanair may just not be expanding at those airports. Fingers crossed at the minimum we'll see an increase in frequency on Alicante and Malaga and it would be nice if Cork or Rome or both were continued into the summer.

 

[cardiff12345]

One must ask what are we doing wrong with Ryanair at Cardiff and for Exeter to get Porto - (a niche route in my opinion) is a surprise and annoying.

We can’t even get Palma, Barcelona & Malta back - (latter 2 of which used to operate pre-Covid at Cardiff.

Surely something is going on with CWL & Ryan HQ.

For examples:
- the new self service machines in a non-base airport.

Did Ryanair fly to Barcelona pre covid? I just about remember malta now you mention it.

bmibaby flying to secondary spanish cities Murcia and Almeria seems like a different world now.

 

[Jerry]

Did Ryanair fly to Barcelona pre covid?

Yes they did. They took the route on after Vueling dropped it.

 

[cardiff12345]

Yes they did. They took the route on after Vueling dropped it.

What was the frequency for that and malta??

 

[Jerry]

What was the frequency for that and malta??

I think they were both 2 weekly

 

[Jack Ruckley]

RYANAIR REVEALS FIRST 29 NEW ROUTES FOR SUMMER 2027 AHEAD OF BUMPER SUMMER 2027 SCHEDULE LAUNCH

GIVING CUSTOMERS THE CHANCE TO BOOK EARLY AND AVAIL OF THE LOWEST FARES Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 9 Oct) launched the first new routes of its Summer 2027 schedule, giving cost-savvy customers the chance to get ahead of the flock and bag themselves a bargain early bird fare...

corporate.ryanair.com

Promising news in the press release of a future new wave of routes in the near future.

I hope they launch them sooner rather than later given the uncertain economic climate and cost of living.