Ryanair adds new base

Kaunas in Lithuania has become the latest Ryanair base. From May 2010 the Dublin based budget carrier will station 2x B737-800 aircraft with the addition of some nine new destinations which will be

• Barcelona
• Berlin
• Dusseldorf
• Edinburgh
• London Gatwick
• Milan
• Oslo
• Paris
• Tampere

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania currently has a 74% of all departures from the country, however Kaunas (which currently has just 38 weekly departures, operated by Ryanair and Air Baltic) will see this number increase steadily. Air Baltic services feed its Riga hub, leaving Ryanair the dominant player in the market. Ryanair does not currently serve Vilnius.