Ryanair will cut one million passenger seats to and from Spain by cancelling 36 routes, marking a second major reduction in 2025 after an earlier cut of 13 connections. The cancellations target regional airports in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands, reducing capacity on the Iberian Peninsula by 41 percent (600,000 seats) and in the Canary Islands by 10 percent (400,000 seats). Flights to Vigo will be suspended from January 1, 2026, and Tenerife North services will stop at the start of the winter season. The airline will close its two-aircraft base at Santiago de Compostela, removing $200 million in investment and cutting 80 percent of seats. Ryanair already withdrew from Valladolid and Jerez and is reducing capacity at Zaragoza, Santander, Asturias, Vitoria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote. The cuts follow Aena's planned 6.5 percent airport charges increase by 2026.
This entails a 41 percent reduction of its capacity at regional airports on the Iberian Peninsula (600,000 fewer seats) and a 10 percent reduction in the Canary Islands (400,000 fewer seats). In addition, Ryanair will suspend all flights to the northwestern Galician city of Vigo starting January 1st 2026, and to Tenerife North Airport starting at the start of this year's winter season.
It is also reducing capacity at four other regional airports: Zaragoza (down 45 percent), Santander (down 38 percent), Asturias (down 16 percent), and Vitoria (down 2 percent). In the Canary Islands, in addition to the surprising exit from Tenerife North, the Irish low-cost airline is also reducing capacity at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote. This bucks the trend of Ryanair pulling out only from smaller regional airports in parts of Spain which receive far fewer tourists.
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