Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int'l) has announced it will take over the Berlin Tegel base from its subsidiary LaudaMotion (OE, Vienna) as of April 2019. Meanwhile, the Austrian leisure specialist will take over the Düsseldorf Int'l base currently operated by its Irish parent.
Ryanair will base four B737-800s out of the main gateway in Germany's capital. The base will utilise the slots taken over from the bankrupt Niki (HG, Vienna) by LaudaMotion. Currently, the Austrian unit also bases four Boeing narrowbodies wet-leased from Ryanair out of Berlin Tegel.
The Irish LCC will also launch two new routes out of the airport, to Kefallinia and Paphos. In total, Ryanair plans to operate fifteen routes out of Tegel in Summer 2019.
In turn, LaudaMotion will take over the existing Ryanair's base at Dusseldorf. Short of announcing any details, CEO Andreas Gruber told AustrianAviation.net that the change would lead to a "massive" expansion at Dusseldorf. LaudaMotion also intends to grow at Stuttgart Echterdingen in Germany in 2019, although...
