Manchester: Ryanair Route News & Base Updates

[LS@MAN]

+1 RUK aircraft for S26, making 19 based.

Further additional aircraft planned for S27 under current agreement making total 20 based aircraft.

CCGE29

The T3 expansion and improvements can’t come quick enough in that case!
With BA moving over to T2 soon, that gives Ryanair 2 additional stands overnight then.

When is the reconfiguration of stands 16 & 17 planned for?

 

[CCGE29]

The T3 expansion and improvements can’t come quick enough in that case!
With BA moving over to T2 soon, that gives Ryanair 2 additional stands overnight then.

When is the reconfiguration of stands 16 & 17 planned for?

Stand 16/17 reconfiguration likely to be next spring now, priority is now with stands 61/62 and 29/31 reconfiguration works - due to complete late October. Once works are complete stand 62 will become max code C aircraft & 61 will become code E / 61L/R code C. 29/31 also both become code C.

CCGE29

 

[Comet]

I thought stand 62 had to go for the dual taxiway. Is that not the case

 

[CCGE29]

I thought stand 62 had to go for the dual taxiway. Is that not the case

62 is indeed much reduced in size going from code F to code C. 63-68 removed. (69 was removed last month).

CCGE29

 

[MannyJon]

The T3 expansion and improvements can’t come quick enough in that case!
With BA moving over to T2 soon, that gives Ryanair 2 additional stands overnight then.

When is the reconfiguration of stands 16 & 17 planned for?

Ryanair Moving to T1 check in late Oct early Nov.

 

[CCGE29]

FR increasing OTP & BUD & BGY each by 1x weekly for W25.

CCGE29

 

[MannyJon]

Check in at T1 from tomorrow and can use all T1 facilities. Going to be plenty late to gate and missing flights especially as the furthest point passengers can go to is the smoking area.

 

[LS@MAN]

Check in at T1 from tomorrow and can use all T1 facilities. Going to be plenty late to gate and missing flights especially as the furthest point passengers can go to is the smoking area.

Passengers for Ryanair shouldn’t be going any further than beyond the duty free. Signs are in place to turn left after duty free towards T3 via the southern front corridor.
Of course it’s inevitable that some passengers will miss this info and continue into T1 departures area.

 

[lfc84]

Ryanair using T1 Departures A

 

[BlueManc]

Thought I saw a BBJ over Stockport and checked FR24 to see that it was B737-700 SP-RUM on this mornings Katowice flight.

Anyone know what's the deal with this unit? Only one in fleet and 26 years old, way past the oldest 738. Some sort of affection or attachment by the engineers?

 

[mullion]

At one point used spend most of its time on training flights or charters as EI-SEV from EMA

 

[Jerry]

Ryanair adding Rimmini 🇮🇹

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026617681189687540

 

[Scottie Dog]

RYANAIR ADDS 19TH AIRCRAFT AT MANCHESTER FOR SUMMER 2026​

US$1.9BN INVESTMENT, 9% GROWTH, 2 NEW ROUTES​

Ryanair, the UK’s No.1 low-fares airline, today (Fri, 27 Mar) announced that it has added a 19th based aircraft at Manchester Airport for Summer 2026, representing a US$1.9bn investment in the North West and supporting over 7,300 local jobs. This additional aircraft will deliver +540,000 additional seats (+9% growth) and 2 exciting new routes to Castellon and Rimini. Ryanair has also increased frequencies on another 37 routes, including popular holiday hotspots like Faro, Porto and Rhodes, as well as top city break destinations like Barcelona, Dubrovnik and Milan, offering Ryanair’s customers in the North West even more low-fare choice and regular connections this Summer.
Ryanair’s Manchester Summer 2026 schedule will deliver:

• 82 routes, incl. 2 new routes to Castellon and Rimini
• 19 based aircraft (+1 vs. S25 – US$1.9bn investment in Manchester)
• Increased freq. on 37 routes
• 6.6m seats (+9%)
• Manchester traffic grows to over 9m passengers p.a.

 

[EGCC_MAN]

Great news, though they appear to have overlooked mention of having dropped Memmingen!