19 UK And EU Airports Affected By Ryanair Flight Cuts

Though Ryanair has recently launched a range of new routes and bases, including Trapani, Rabat, and Tirana, they’ve cut some flights too.

That includes reduced capacity at Athens, Chania, and Heraklion Greek airports, as well as cutting their Thessaloniki base altogether.

The Mirror reported that the airline has “slashed” flights in multiple EU and UK airports ahead of their 2026 summer schedule, too.

That includes locations like Malaga, Birmingham, and Dublin.

Per the Mirror, these include:

• London Stansted
• Manchester

• Berlin Brandenburg
• Cologne Bonn
• Hamburg

Passengers flying to or from these destinations are advised to check their bookings before flying to ensure they’re still going ahead.

The Mirror claimed these are part of an attempt to streamline profits as jet fuel prices soar.

Rising costs have led to cancellations and suspensions for airlines like:

• KLM

• Air Canada

• Asiana Airlines

• Delta Airlines

• Lufthansa

• SAS.

However, it’s worth noting that Ryanair is expanding its services in multiple locations and has mentioned in the past that the company isn’t especially worried about jet fuel shortages.

Some of the reasons they’ve given for cutting or reducing flights to airports include “uncompetitive costs” in Greece and the Air Passenger Duty (APD) tax in the UK.

“While Ryanair is growing modestly in London, many UK regional airports are being hammered by Rachel Reeves’ stupid decision to increase APD from today. This APD hike makes UK air travel even less competitive versus countries like Sweden, Hungary, Slovakia and regional Italy, where Govts are abolishing enviro taxes and being rewarded with rapid traffic, tourism and jobs growth,” Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said.

The CEO previously said Ryanair would move the three aircraft from its recently-ditched Thessaloniki base to those in Albania, regional Italy and Sweden.