Ryanair opens two Polish bases

Ryanair is opening two Polish bases later this year, at Warsaw Modlin and Gdansk, the airline has confirmed. The no-frills carrier will also open four new routes this winter from Warsaw to Gdansk, Madrid, Shannon and Wroclaw. Ryanair said with an investment of $90 million at Warsaw Modlin airport it aims to deliver 1.9 million passengers a year and sustain 1,900 "on-site" jobs. Ryanair's chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs said the investment in key business routes and new products proves the airline "delivers more than just low fares".

"Customers can now book their flights on our much improved website and enjoy a free small second carry-on bag, quiet flights, allocated seats and use their personal electronic devices at all stages of their flight, with family and business products coming soon," said Jacobs.

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Norwegian opens its new base at Barcelona, Spain

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo) and Spanish authorities are celebrating today the opening of the new base in Barcelona. It is the sixth Spanish base along with Madrid, Alicante, Malaga, Las Palmas and Tenerife.

The mood among the travelers were on top when Norwegian, Spanish authorities and partners celebrated the opening of the new base in Barcelona with a ribbon cutting, refreshments and speeches. Between March and October this year Norwegian expects to fly around 700,000 passengers to and from Barcelona. During the same period last year traveled 490,000 passengers to and from the Catalan capital.

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Wizz Air opens Baltic base

Low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air is to open a new base in the Latvian capital Riga June 19, the carrier announced Friday.

Hungary-based Wizz Air will initially position a single Airbus A320 at Riga and use the capacity provided by the 180-seat aircraft to start operating four new routes – to Barcelona; Doncaster and Sheffield in northern England; Dortmund and Paris Beauvais.

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