Ryanair trims Zaragoza winter routes

Ryanair has published a reduced winter schedule for Zaragoza that leaves the airport with four routes through April next year, according to Heraldo de Aragón. The Irish airline will continue flying from Zaragoza, but with a smaller network than in previous seasons, the newspaper reported on May 18. The remaining Ryanair destinations for the winter season are Milan Bergamo, Brussels Charleroi, London Stansted and Marrakech, Heraldo said. Aena’s Zaragoza airport destinations page currently lists 11 destinations served by six airlines and says schedules are subject to airline changes. ### Which routes remain from Zaragoza after the winter cut? Heraldo reported on May 18 that Ryanair’s winter program from Zaragoza runs only to Milan Bergamo, Brussels Charleroi, London Stansted and Marrakech. The report said the schedule applies until April of next year. (heraldo.es) Aena’s Zaragoza airport pages do not provide the full route-by-route winter timetable in the search snippet, but they show Ryanair remains one of the airlines operating at the airport and note that destination information comes from current airline schedules and can change. The airport’s English-language destinations page says Zaragoza has 11 destinations served by six airlines. (heraldo.es) ### Which destinations have disappeared from Ryanair’s Zaragoza map? Heraldo reported in September 2025 that Ryanair planned to suppress three Zaragoza routes and cut its offer there by nearly half, with 70,000 seats lost. That report said flights to Paris had already disappeared from Ryanair’s website and that Fez and Palma de Mallorca were not normally operated in winter. (aena.es) A later Heraldo report from October 2025 said Ryanair would recover Palma de Mallorca in April 2026 but was ruling out Paris, Fez and Santiago de Compostela for the 2026 summer schedule. The May 18 winter report indicates the network is now down to the same four destinations listed for the coming winter period. (heraldo.es) ### What reason has Ryanair given for the broader Spanish cuts? Ryanair said in a September 2025 corporate statement that it was reducing winter 2025 capacity in regional Spain by 41% and in the Canary Islands by 10% because of what it called excessive and uncompetitive Aena airport charges. The airline said those cuts would remove more than 1 million winter seats, or 2 million annually, from regional Spain. (heraldo.es) Eddie Wilson, Ryanair DAC’s chief executive, said in that statement that the cuts would hurt regional airports and lead to losses in connectivity, tourism and jobs. Heraldo said Wilson had previously told the newspaper that Aena’s fee increase could have consequences, and that the dispute had now shown up again in Zaragoza’s flight program. (corporate.ryanair.com) ### How are Aragón and Zaragoza responding? The Government of Aragón said on May 18 that it had reached an agreement with Wizz Air to launch flights between Zaragoza and Milan Malpensa from September 15. The regional government said the service will operate three times a week and add 40,000 seats between September 2026 and the end of March 2027. (heraldo.es) Octavio López, Aragón’s regional minister for housing, transport, logistics and territorial cohesion, said those 40,000 seats are 11,500 more than the seats withdrawn by Ryanair. Europa Press reported that the new Wizz Air route was presented as an addition to Zaragoza airport’s network after the Ryanair reduction. (aragonhoy.es) ### What should travelers watch next? September 15 is the next concrete date in Zaragoza’s passenger network, with Wizz Air scheduled to start the Milan Malpensa route that day. Aragón said tickets would go on sale in May, while Heraldo reported the Ryanair winter schedule will run through April next year. (aragonhoy.es)