Ryanair (FR, Dublin International) has increased its stake in Aer Lingus (EI/Dublin) to 28% and is now the biggest shareholder in its rival carrier. It has announced plans to set up a second base in Milan at Malpensa airport as Alitalia (AZ/Milan Malpensa) has announced that it will drastically cut the number of flights from the airport. Ryanair has also announced its next round of new routes including new bases in Alicante, Belfast City and Valencia: Alicante-Basle/Mulhouse: 3x weekly service starting on November 13 Alicante-Billund: 4x weekly service starting on December 5 Alicante-Bournemouth: 3x weekly service starting on December 6 Alicante-Brussels Charleroi: daily service starting on November 13 Alicante-Doncaster/Sheffield: 3x weekly service starting on November 13 Alicante-Gothenburg City: 3x weekly service starting on December 6 Alicante-Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden: 4x weekly service starting on November 14 Alicante-Maastricht: 4x weekly service starting on November 14 Alicante-Milan Orio al Serio: 4x weekly service starting on December 5 Alicante-Nottingham: 4x weekly service starting on December 5 Alicante-Paris Beauvais: 3x weekly service starting on December 6 Belfast City-London Stansted: 4x daily service starting on October 30 Bremen-Alicante: 2x weekly service starting on October 29 Bremen-Palma de Mallorca: 2x weekly service starting on October 31 Brussels Charleroi-Bologna Forli: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Cork-Glasgow Prestwick: daily service starting on December 13 Cork-Nottingham: 5x weekly service starting on December 13 Dublin-Basle/Mulhouse: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Dublin-Budapest: daily service starting on October 30 Dublin-Katowice: 3x weekly service starting on November 1 Dublin-Nice: daily service starting on November 7 Dublin-Prague: daily service starting on November 7 Dublin-Szczecin: 2x weekly service starting on October 28 Frankfurt Hahn-Budapest: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Frankfurt Hahn-Fuerteventura: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Frankfurt Hahn-Tenerife Sur: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Gothenburg City-Salzburg: weekly seasonal service starting on December 22 Liverpool-Friedrichshafen: weekly seasonal service starting on December 22 London Luton-Kerry: 3x weekly service starting on November 6 Madrid-Alghero: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Madrid-Cagliari: 4x weekly service starting on October 28 Madrid-Frankfurt Hahn: daily service starting on October 30 Madrid-Girona: daily service starting on October 28 Madrid-Liverpool: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Madrid-Santander: daily service starting on October 31 Milan Orio al Serio-Bournemouth: weekly seasonal service starting on December 22 Milan Orio al Serio-Krakow: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Pisa-Lamezia Terme: 4x weekly service starting on October 28 Pisa-Paris Beauvais: daily service starting on October 28 Pisa-Porto: 2x weekly service starting on October 29 Stockholm Skavsta-Grenoble: weekly seasonal service starting on December 22 Valencia-Basle/Mulhouse: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Valencia-Billund: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Valencia-Bologna Forli: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Valencia-Eindhoven: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Valencia-Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Valencia-Liverpool: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Valencia-Maastricht: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Valencia-Malta: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Valencia-Paris Beauvais: daily service starting on October 30 Valencia-Porto: 4x weekly service starting on October 31 Valencia-Santiago de Compostela: 3x weekly service starting on October 30 Venice Treviso-Malta: 3x weekly service starting on December 13 To accommodate the new routes Ryanair will give up its routes from Bremen to Murcia, Dublin to Vitoria, Frankfurt Hahn to Sarmellek, London Stansted to Blackpool and Vitoria, from Madrid to Bournemouth, Faro and Shannon as well as from Pisa to Alicante, Billund, Bournemouth, Bremen, Doncaster/Sheffield and Palma de Mallorca on October 27.