Editing EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (section)

===Development in the 2000s===
Swissair terminated the flight to Newark in March 2000, saying it suffered from low occupancy.<ref name="prelease"/><ref name="joc200">{{cite news | url=https://www.joc.com/swissair-end-basel-newark-service_20000206.html | title=Swissair to end Basel-Newark service | work=The Journal of Commerce online | date=6 February 2000 | accessdate=17 February 2022 | url-access=limited}}</ref> The local newspaper ''bz Basel'' commented that the airline did not advertise it well.<ref name="bz"/>

A decision was made to enlarge the terminals again with a new "Y-finger" dock. The first phase was completed in 2002 and the second phase in 2005.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

Crossair was the largest airline at the Basel airport. Following the [[Swissair]] liquidation in 2001, the subsequent ending of services in early 2002, and the transformation of Crossair into [[Swiss International Air Lines]], the number of flights from Basel fell and the new terminal was initially underused.{{cn|date=January 2024}} In 2004 the low-cost carrier [[easyJet]] opened a base at Basel and the passenger totals rose again, reaching 4 million in 2006.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

From 2007 until 2009, [[Ryanair]] also flew to the airport for the first time. However, as a result of a dispute over [[landing fees]], the airline closed all eight routes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bazonline.ch/wirtschaft/unternehmen-und-konjunktur/Ryanair-verlaesst-den-EuroAiport/story/10645880|title=Ryanair verlässt den EuroAirport|work=baz.ch/|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> More recently Ryanair announced it would return in April 2014, with the resumption of Basel–Dublin route as well as a short-lived revival of the Basel – London–Stansted route.<!--Citation in the chart below--> Ryanair added a Basel-Zagreb route in December 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/travel/58302-ryanair-zagreb-flights-to-basel|title=Ryanair Zagreb Flights to Basel, Eindhoven, Paphos Officially Launch Today|work=total-Croatia-news.com|date=3 December 2021 |access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>

In May 2008, [[Air Transat]] commenced seasonal service to [[Montreal]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://euroairport.com/DE/actu_detail.php?actu_id=211 | title=30.05.08: Erstflug Air Transat nach Kanada | publisher=EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | accessdate=19 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129004311/http://euroairport.com/DE/actu_detail.php?actu_id=211 | archivedate=29 November 2011 | language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20080606&article=20080606-3149645 | title=Air Transat. Une nouvelle ligne Mulhouse-Toronto | work=Le Télégramme | date=6 June 2008 | accessdate=18 February 2022 | language=French | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219025618/https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20080606&article=20080606-3149645 | archivedate=19 February 2022}}</ref> The airline flew an Airbus A310 on the route.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airlinerphotos.com/2008-shots/blog/ | title=Photo Blog 2008 | work=Airlinerphotos.com | accessdate=2023-06-17 | author=Kunadt, Ralph}}</ref> In December 2014, [[Swiss International Air Lines]] announced it would cease all operations at Basel by 31 May 2015 due to heavy competition from low-cost carriers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airportzentrale.de/kurznachrichten-swiss-verlaesst-basel-regierungsterminal-in-berlin-und-fluggastzahlen-von-air-france/36891/|title=Kurznachrichten: SWISS verlässt Basel, Regierungsterminal in Berlin und Fluggastzahlen von Air France|work=airportzentrale.de|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> Swiss faced direct competition on five out of its six Basel routes, all of which were operated by [[Swiss Global Air Lines]]. The [[Lufthansa Group]] announced it would set up [[Eurowings]]' first base outside Germany at the EuroAirport as a replacement. However these plans were later cancelled in favour of [[Vienna Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerotelegraph.com/lufthansa-eurowings-station-sort-basis-wien|title=Lufthansa-Billigairline: Eurowings: Wien statt Basel - aeroTELEGRAPH|work=aeroTELEGRAPH|date=18 February 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref>

In January 2017, the removal of Basel/Mulhouse from [[Air Berlin]] and its Swiss subsidiary [[Belair (airline)|Belair]]'s route networks was announced.<ref name="airberlin.com">{{cite web|url=https://flights.airberlin.com/de-DE/die-neue-airberlin#streckennetz|title=Das Streckennetz der new airberlin - airberlin.com|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211201131/https://flights.airberlin.com/de-DE/die-neue-airberlin#streckennetz|archive-date=11 February 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>