Ryan vs EZY on Routes22 Jul 2024 16:50
Ryanair versus easyJet
According to Cirium schedules information data, Ryanair has 2,411 routes in June. Some 238 are domestic, mainly in Italy and Spain, but also in France, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and the UK. The remaining 2,173 are international. In comparison, easyJet has 905 routes: 108 domestic (in the UK, France, Italy and Portugal) and 797 international.
Ryanair competes with easyJet on 173 airport pairs in June
Examining the pair’s schedules using Cirium reveals that they compete directly on 173 airport pairs this June. In other words, 7.2% of Ryanair’s routes face easyJet, about which it is probably not overly concerned given easyJet’s higher costs (albeit higher fares). Ryanair is more exposed to easyJet than to fellow ULCC Wizz Air (141 airport pairs). But the latter has risen from just 42 in June 2019, against 123 for easyJet. It probably will not be too long until Wizz Air is the larger competitor.
Ryanair and easyJet face each other on 19 domestic airport pairs. More than half of these (11) are in Italy, which has been a key focal point for Ryanair’s expansion since the pandemic hit. But they also compete directly in Portugal (two routes), France (two) and the UK (four). Ryanair is against easyJet on Belfast BFS-Edinburgh, Manchester and London STN, and Edinburgh-London STN.