Ryanair issues major update for Spain, Greece, and Portugal - flights cancelled

A comprehensive list of Ryanair flights being scrapped across Europe - impacting millions of travellers - has been disclosed. In its latest announcement, Ryanair is preparing to shut down a significant Greek base as part of widespread reductions to its winter 2026 timetable, slashing capacity and eliminating routes throughout the nation.

The budget carrier confirmed the alterations will trigger a 45% reduction in capacity, equivalent to approximately 700,000 fewer seats when compared with winter 2025.

The airline, which is no-frills and operates from Birmingham, has attributed the decision to escalating airport charges, with Ryanair accusing operators of failing to pass on a government-mandated reduction in the Airport Development Fee (ADF).

The Greek government slashed the fee by 75% in November 2024, bringing it down from €12 to €3 per passenger in an attempt to stimulate year-round tourism.

And it is not the only destination hit by extensive reductions to Ryanair's schedule for the upcoming summer.

Greece

The airline has now verified it will shutter its three-aircraft base in Thessaloniki for winter 2026, a decision it said would severely affect connectivity in the area.

Ryanair runs regular flights between Stansted Airport and Thessaloniki during the winter months.

Under the modifications, a total of 12 routes will be eliminated, including services from Thessaloniki to destinations such as Berlin, Frankfurt, Venice and Stockholm, as well as routes from Athens to Milan and from Chania to Paphos. Ryanair has confirmed it will redeploy its aircraft to alternative European destinations, amongst them Albania, Italy and Sweden, where airport charges are lower and more competitive.

Spain

Ryanair has also announced flight cuts to Spain in 2026. Having already slashed around one million seats from its winter 2025 schedule, the airline will follow this with a capacity reduction of approximately 1.2 million seats from its summer schedule.

This includes the complete withdrawal of all flights to Asturias and Vigo. The airline will also shut its base at Santiago de Compostela.

Services to Santander and Zaragoza will be scaled back, with connections to the Canaries also facing cuts.

Ryanair has additionally scrapped flights to Tenerife North this winter, while all flights to Valladolid have been discontinued entirely.

Routes from Girona face further reductions, with overall capacity set to fall by 11% across the summer season, running from March through to the end of October.

The airline will now operate 34 routes to 13 countries from the Costa Brava airport, including a new service to Bucharest.

Portugal

In March, Ryanair axed all of its flights to the Azores. From 29 May, Ryanair ceased all services to and from the Azores, meaning six separate routes have been scrapped, affecting around 400,000 passengers who visit the islands annually.

Germany

Ryanair has removed 24 services to and from Germany from its schedule. Affected destinations include Hamburg, Memmingen, Baden-Württemberg, Cologne, Frankfurt-Hahn, Dortmund, Dresden and Leipzig. Ryanair also announced plans to shut its Berlin hub and cut its 2026 winter schedule to the city by half.

Ryanair DAC CEO Eddie Wilson said: "We regret to announce this planned closure of our 7 aircraft Berlin base from October 24, 2026, but we have no alternative following the Airport's latest 10 per cent fee increase to its already high airport fees.

"This comes on top of the 50 per cent increase in Berlin's airport fees since 2019."

France

Ryanair has opted to completely withdraw services to both Strasbourg and Brive.

The carrier had previously scrapped flights to Bergerac in the Dordogne region, before reinstating them in line with the summer timetable.

"Ryanair will leave French regional airports in the summer of 2026," the airline's chief commercial officer, Jason McGuinness, disclosed in the Paris-based 'Challenges' business magazine.

Belgium

Ryanair has scrapped 20 routes and removed one million seats across Brussels-Zaventem and Brussels South Charleroi airports.

These one million seats will be eliminated to and from Brussels from the 2026/27 winter schedule, representing a reduction of 22 per cent.

The cuts affect 20 flight routes, with five aircraft withdrawn from the airport.

"If the government really wants to revive Belgium's economy, they should abolish this harmful aviation tax to generate more traffic and tourism, not double it," the airline stated in a press release in early December. "Ryanair calls again on Prime Minister De Wever and his government to abolish the aviation tax or Belgian traffic will collapse and fares will soar, just as they have done in Austria and Germany, where governments repeatedly increased access costs."