Overview

• Ryanair is expected to unveil this week which Spanish airports will be affected, with the carrier signaling a sizeable capacity pullback but not yet publishing the list.
• The airline cites Aena’s planned 6.6% tariff increase for 2026, which would lift per‑passenger charges to about €11.03, as the trigger for the cuts.
• Regional airports with high Ryanair exposure face the greatest risk, including Murcia (47% of operations), Valencia (~45%), Girona (38.8%), Alicante (38%), Santiago (31.4%) and Zaragoza (21.8%).
• Vitoria’s Foronda airport says it expects to be spared under a July 22 contract that secures Ryanair service through 2028, valued at €3.7 million plus €1.5 million a year for promotion.
• Ryanair indicates it will redeploy aircraft to higher‑return markets in Spain such as Valencia or Alicante or to other countries, building on earlier Spanish cuts of about 800,000 seats and 12 routes that left Jerez and Valladolid without service.