Ryanair expands its presence in Warsaw Modlin

Ryanair strengthened its position at Warsaw Modlin (WMI), adding four new destinations to its already existing network of eight routes to the recently opened low-cost airport serving the Polish capital. On 1 September, thrice-weekly services each were launched from the northern-Italian city of Bologna (BLQ), which is the subject of this week’s anna.aero airport analysis, and Manchester (MAN) in the UK. On 2 and 3 September respectively, services from Weeze (NRN) in Germany and Barcelona (BCN) in Spain were launched. While flights to Weeze are offered with four-weekly frequencies, Barcelona is served with half that frequency. The Catalan city is also the only destination out of the four where Ryanair faces competition. Thrice-weekly flights are offered by Wizz Air from Warsaw Modlin, while LOT Polish Airlines provides further indirect competition with a daily service from Warsaw Chopin Airport.