Overview
- The airline announced the withdrawal on November 20, 2025, with services ending from March 29, 2026.
- Ryanair blames high Portuguese airport charges set by ANA/VINCI, a 120% rise in ATC fees since the pandemic, and the new €2 levy.
- The carrier also criticises EU environmental levies, saying the ETS expansion penalises short‑haul links to remote regions such as the Azores.
- Reporting says six routes carrying about 400,000 passengers annually will be affected, ending low‑fare links built over roughly a decade.
- Ryanair says it will reassign the Azores capacity to lower‑cost airports elsewhere in its European network.