Overview

• Ryanair will cut regional capacity by 41% (about 600,000 seats) and the Canary Islands by 10% (about 400,000), canceling 36 links between regional airports and Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
• It will close its base in Santiago de Compostela—removing two aircraft and cutting roughly 80% of winter capacity there—end all flights to Vigo on January 1, 2026, and drop Tenerife Norte at the start of the winter season, while keeping Valladolid and Jerez off its network.
• By airport, reductions include Zaragoza (-45%), Santander (-38%), Asturias (-16%) and Vitoria (-2%), with Ryanair indicating larger airports such as Málaga and Alicante will gain seats.
• The airline blames Aena’s fee rise for squeezing margins at smaller airports and plans to reassign capacity to markets like Italy, Morocco, Croatia and Albania, with Hungary and Sweden also cited.
• Aena and government officials reject customizing charges for one carrier and still project a record winter schedule in Spain (airlines have filed 2.1% more seats), as Ryanair prepares a CNMC appeal following earlier summer cuts of about 800,000 seats.