Ryanair set to scrap two routes and reduce 10 more in huge blow to British tourists

By Max Parry, News Reporter

A Ryanair formation successful the air./ (Image: Getty)

The Irish fund hose Ryanair has announced it is dramatically reducing 12 routes to Spain, altogether terminating 2 of them. 

The airline, tally by sharp-talking question mogul Michael O'Leary, volition trim its flights to Spain by 18% this twelvemonth - that works retired astatine astir 800,000 seats.

Ryanair's Jerez and Valladolid operations are to beryllium wholly axed, according to the Mirror.

During the summertime of 2025, Santiago volition person 1 less aircraft, and postulation volition beryllium chopped astatine 5 different determination airports—Vigo (-61%), Santiago (-28%), Zaragoza (-20%), Asturias (-11%), and Santander (-5%).

Ryanair is axing its way from the UK to Jerez de la Frontera. (Image: Getty)

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said: "Excessive airdrome charges and deficiency of workable maturation incentives proceed to undermine Spain's determination airports, limiting their maturation and leaving immense swathes of airport’s capableness underutilised." 

There's a fashionable Italian destination that volition spot little postulation from Ryanair, too.

In the summertime of 2025, the hose volition region 1 of its jets from Rome Fiumicino, the country's largest airport. The hose blames charges being imposed successful April of this year.

"This means nary maturation for Rome contempt the celebrations for the Jubilee year," the hose said.

The Ryanair way to Valladolid has besides been axed. (Image: Getty)

Austria volition besides spot little Ryanair postulation aft introducing a £9.99 aerial postulation tax. 

"This exorbitant tax, coupled with Austria's precise precocious airdrome and information fees, is damaging Austria's competitiveness arsenic a tourer destination compared to lower-cost EU countries specified arsenic Sweden, Hungary and regions of Italy, each of which are abolishing aviation taxation and reducing entree costs to unafraid postulation and tourism growth," Ryanair said successful a statement.