Moss Airport, Rygge
Mossss Airport, Rygge Moss lufthavn, Rygge | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Joint | ||||||||||
| Owner | Royal Norwegian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | Rygge Sivile Lufthavn AS | ||||||||||
| Location | Rygge | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 17 m / 53 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°22′44″N 10°47′08″E / 59.37889°N 10.78556°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.en.ryg.no | ||||||||||
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Moss Airport, Rygge (IATA: RYG, ICAO: ENRY) (Norwegian: Moss lufthavn, Rygge) is an international airport in Rygge, Norway, which opened October 8, 2007. The airport is planned to serve as a regional airport for Østfold as well as an international airport for low cost airlines and as a secondary airport for Oslo. The airport is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside Moss and 60 kilometres (37 mi) outside Oslo and is owned and operated by Rygge Sivile Lufthavn AS. It is co-located with Rygge Air Station, operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force, who also own the land and runway.[1]
Operation
As of August 2007 the airport has signed operating agreements with Norwegian Air Shuttle[2] for 1 domestic and 13 international routes, in addition to two charter flights per week from other operators (one weekly Iberworld flight to Gran Canaria and a one weekly departure to the Canary Islands shared by tour operators Apollo, Ving and Star Tour for the coming winter season).
Despite the fact that the airport has a capacity of 2 million passengers per year, Scandinavian Airlines have announced that they will not fly to Moss Airport, Rygge.[3] The airport has signed agreements with Norport Handling for airport handling services.
The airport has further announced that they plan to expand the airport from 7 to 14 gates and that they estimate in excess of 1.5 million passengers in 2008,[3] more passengers than Sandefjord Airport, Torp had in 2006. The airport is one of two private, commercial airports around Oslo, along with Sandefjord Airport, Torp. More than 90% of the air traffic to Eastern Norway goes via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
Moss Airport, Rygge served 619,000 passengers in 2009.
Airlines and destinations
Iberworld was the first airline to start operations at Moss Airport, Rygge. Norwegian started their first route on 14 February 2008. Widerøe started their Copenhagen route in March 2008. On 16 July 2009 Ryanair announced that it would start operating flights from Moss Airport, Rygge in September 2009.
On 24 November 2009, Ryanair announced it would be establishing its 37th base at the airport with the launch of 26 new routes to be operated by 3 based aircraft, increasing Moss Airport's annual passenger traffic to 1.7 million per annum.[4]
Scheduled
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Alicante, Antalya, Athens, Bergen, Bodø [ends 30 October], Dalaman, Málaga, Stavanger, Tromsø [ends 30 October], Trondheim |
| Ryanair | Aarhus, Alicante, Barcelona, Beauvais-Tillé, Berlin-Schönefeld, Brussels South-Charleroi, Châlons-Vatry, Dublin, Eindhoven, Faro, Gdańsk, Girona-Costa Brava, Kaunas, Krakow, La Rochelle, Liverpool [begins 5 November], London-Gatwick [begins 2 November], London-Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Memmingen, Newcastle, Palma de Mallorca, Riga, Rome-Ciampino [begins 2 November], Tallinn [begins 13 December], Tampere [begins 31 October], Venice-Treviso, Valencia, Weeze, Wroclaw, Zadar |
Charter
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Iberworld | Chania, Gran Canaria |
| Freebird Airlines | Antalya |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Rhodes |
| Spanair | Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South |
History
The first plans for a civil airport at Moss Airport, Rygge were initiated in 1999 when the company Rygge sivile lufthavn AS was created. The idea was to utilize the military air station to create a regional airport for Østfold that also could serve charter and low-fare airline, much like Sandefjord Airport, Torp on the other side of Oslo Fjord had done. The company signed agreements with the Air Force and received permission from the Government of Norway in 2004, when construction started. The first Norwegian Air Shuttle plane took off at the 14th of February 2008 heading for Budapest.
Originally Københavns Lufthavne was one of the owners, but sold their share in 2004. The owners are Thon Group (40%), Orkla Group (20%), Borregaard (20%), Østfold county administration (11%) and Østfold Energi (9%).[5]
Ground transport
- There are trains from Rygge Station on the Østfold Line which runs from Oslo S-Moss-Rygge-Sarpsborg-Halden. The station is located 4 km from the airport terminal and there are free buses between. The buses go 15 minutes before the trains. Transfer at Oslo S station is possible to both Gardermoen and Torp airports. The trains depart almost every hour, and take about 50 minutes into Oslo. Additionally, three trains a day from Rygge Station extend south, beyond Halden to Gothenburg, Sweden.
- There are direct Rygge-Expressen buses from Oslo to Moss Airport, Rygge. It takes about 70 minutes, and has scheduled departures about once an hour.
- The airport is located right next to European route E6.
Driving distances
- Moss is 10 km north-west. It takes about 10 minutes from the centre of town.
- Oslo is 63 km north. It takes about 50 minutes to drive (toll road).
- Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is 110 km north. It takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to drive (toll road).
- Sandefjord Airport, Torp is 51 km west. It takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes to drive due to crossing the Oslo Fjord on a ferry. To drive through the Oslofjordtunnel will take almost 2 hours for 150 km distance.
- Sarpsborg/Fredrikstad is appr. 25 km south-southwest. It takes about 25 minutes to reach the city centre of both Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad.
References
- ^ RNoAF. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ Moss lufthavn, Rygge. "Flyruter" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ a b Norsk Telegrambyrå (January 31, 2007). "Flyavgang fra Rygge i oktober". Dagens Næringsliv.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Ryanair. "Ryanair announces 37th base at Oslo-Rygge". Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- ^ Moss Airport Rygge. "The company". Retrieved 2010-07-09.