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Ryanair Slashes Spain Winter Capacity, Shuts Santiago Base and Drops Vigo, Tenerife Norte

Aena says the 2026 fee increase is lawful, with winter traffic targets unchanged.

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Aviones de Ryanair en el aeropuerto de Valencia, en una imagen de archivo.
Un avión de Ryanair, en una imagen de archivo.
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Overview

  • Ryanair will cut roughly one million seats in Spain for winter 2025–26, closing its base in Santiago de Compostela and ending flights to Vigo and Tenerife Norte, while keeping Valladolid and Jerez closed.
  • The airline published airport-specific reductions that hit regional fields hardest, including Zaragoza (-45%), Santander (-38%), Asturias (-16%) and Vitoria (-2%).
  • The company says 36 direct links involving regional Spain and the Canary Islands will be canceled, with most changes starting at the winter season launch and Vigo ending from 1 January 2026.
  • Ryanair links the cuts to Aena’s planned 2026 tariff rise and plans to appeal to the CNMC, while reallocating capacity to larger Spanish hubs such as Málaga or Alicante and to markets like Italy, Morocco, Croatia, Sweden, Hungary and Albania.
  • Aena maintains its traffic forecast and expects a record winter after reporting summer growth despite earlier Ryanair reductions, calling its charges competitive and necessary to fund airport investments.