RYANAIR is scrapping another 1.2million seats to Spain next year.
Last month, the budget airline revealed that they would be cancelling all flights to three popular Spanish airports.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has warned that Spain airport tariffs are too high[/caption]
Affecting two million passengers, the cancellations affect the airports of Tenerife North, Vigo and Santiago.
However, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has since confirmed another 1.2million seats are to be axed to Spain in summer 2026.
Which Spanish airports this will affect is yet to be confirmed.
He has also threatened to scrap all services to Santiago de Composetela – popular with hikers walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage – and Asturias as well.
The cancellation of Spanish routes is due to a disagreement over the current airport tariffs, which O’Leary is claiming need to be lowered.
He previously said: “If the costs in regional Spain are too high, I will fly elsewhere.
“We are better off flying at the same cost to places such as Palma [on the island of Majorca] than flying to Jerez.”
And Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson explained earlier this year: “Ryanair remains committed to Spain, but we cannot justify continued investment in airports whose growth is being stymied by excessive and uncompetitive charges.”
All flights to Tenerife North will be scrapped at the beginning of this year’s winter season.
And all flights to Vigo will be axed from January 2026 – which will mean no direct flights are in operation from the UK.
Ryanair’s bases of Valladolid and Jerez bases will remain closed.
Due to the lack of flight routes, this is likely to make ticket prices go up due to the demand faced by reduced airlines in operation.
However, some Spanish airports are also going to see more Ryanair flights.
As many as 600,000 seats will be added to other major airports such as Madrid.
And the low-cost airline is also expanding in other countries such as Morocco.
New Ryanair bases have been launched at Marrakech, Fez, Agadir, and Tangier.
Tenerife will be affected by the Ryanair cancellations[/caption]
But it’s not just Spain that is seeing Ryanair flights scrapped.
Three cities in Germany are also losing some Ryanair flight routes axed.
Memmingen Airport will lose 27 flights a week, wile Berlin will see 76 flights axed in January alone.
Cologne will lose 44 flights during the winter season.
While most of the Christmas Market dates won’t be affected, January will see the most cancellations with around a 30 per cent reduction.
Two airports in France have also seen Ryanair cancellations as well.
Advice for flying with Ryanair
- All Ryanair passengers can bring a small personal bag on board but this must fit under the seat in front of you, but it must be no bigger than 40cm x 20cm x 25cm
- Any over-sized cabin bags will be refused at the boarding gate and put in the hold for a fee
- Ryanair also charges passengers up to £55 check-in at the airport
- Anyone who loses their card at the airport will have to pay a £20 reissue fee
- Book to sit in the front five rows if you want to head off the plane first
- Extra legroom seats can be found in rows 1 A, B, C or 2 D, E, F as well as row 16 and 17 near the emergency exit
- The worst seat on Ryanair’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft is also 11A because of its lack of window.
Bergerac Airport has lost all of its Ryanair flights, affecting 18,000 passengers, as well as Brive which had a London Stansted route.
We’ve explained everything you need to know if your flight is cancelled.
Two million seats have already been scrapped[/caption]
