Everything about Moss Airport Rygge totally explained
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Moss Airport, Rygge is an
international airport in
Rygge,
Norway that 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 60 km from Oslo and is owned and operated by
Rygge sivile lufthavn and is colocated with
Rygge Air Station, operated by the
Royal Norwegian Air Force, who also own the land and runway.
Operation
As of August 2007 the airport has signed operating agreements with
Norwegian Air Shuttle 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 that the airport has a capacity of 2 million passengers per year, the airlines
Ryanair and
Scandinavian Airlines have announced that they won't fly to Rygge. 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,
Ground transport
There are trains from the Rygge Railway Station on the Østfoldbanen to Oslo, Moss, Sarpsborg, Halden etc. The station is located 4 km from the airport terminal and there are free buses between. Transfer at Oslo S possible to Gardermoen and Torp airports.
There are direct buses from Oslo to Rygge Airport.
The airport is located right next to European route E6.
Driving distances
Moss is 8 km west. It takes about 15-20 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.
Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg is appr. 15 km south-southwest. It takes 20 minutes to reach the city centre of Sarpsborg, and roughly 15 more minutes to get to the city centre of Fredrikstad.Further Information
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