Ryanair is preparing to further reduce seats at regional airports for winter 2026, and has not ruled out further seat reductions for this summer.

“As airlines face capacity issues in Europe, it will only get worse as other European airports increasingly compete for passengers. If Aena lowers regional airport fees and encourages all airlines, not just Ryanair, to increase capacity at regional airports, it could be solved overnight,” Wilson warned.

As for the allocation of seats to be cut next summer by airport, airline management assured that “everything is in place” (although the number of cuts per airport has not yet been made public), noting that it has already redeployed the majority of pilots and flight attendants affected by the closure of the Santiago base. The two planes taken from the Galician capital remain in Spain and are scheduled to fly to their next destination. Malaga and Alicante “We will continue to grow with two more aircraft at each base.”

But Ryanair is already working to further reduce Aena’s low-traffic airports for next winter season. Mr Wilson assured that the cuts would be “implemented” as the manager “has been clear that there will be no change to rate policy during the current regulatory period”. The Irish manager reported that neither Aena nor the Department for Transport were knocking on the airline’s door to discuss the future of fares. “We only attended the consultation meeting to be informed of the amount invested.Minister Oscar Puente “Although we have lost all interest in regional airports and are constantly promising that other airlines will arrive, all we can achieve is to cut off an important infrastructure part of the abandoned Spanish economy,” he argues.

PP correction

But Ryanair continues to wait to see what happens at tomorrow’s Commons meeting. sustainable mobility law After the amendment was returned from the Senate. These amendments included the PP’s proposal to freeze Aena’s airport fees, a proposal that was received with indignation by the semi-public management, which warned investors that if enforced, it would be forced to reconsider its next investment plans. Airport regulatory documents (DORA 3)reaching 13 billion euros in the period 2027-2031. But Wilson believes this is the “right thing to do” because in areas affected by airline cuts, citizens and political authorities are finding themselves “walking past open but empty airports.”

But even if the amendment passes, Wilson says about airport tax Aena will need to exit to compete with airports in Italy, Sweden and Hungary And from other countries where you want to attract traffic. “Ryanair does not need to return to the Spanish regions. It depends on the owners of those airports, the only owner being Aena, and we need to establish incentives to make the most of these infrastructures,” the manager recalls.

Further investment in Spain

War with Aena aside, the low-cost airline giant emphasizes its “commitment” to and growth in Spain, its second-largest market after Spain. Italy. The company yesterday opened a training center for pilots and flight attendants in Madrid, with an investment of 130 million euros. “This will create an additional 150 jobs and enhance training for the more than 100 aircraft we have here in Spain,” Wilson said.

Ryanair’s new training center is located in the immediate vicinity of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport and aims to provide initial preparation for pilots and cabin crew (and engineers) on two “full motion” Boeing 737-8200 “Game Changer” simulators, along with a training cabin equipped for practical training of crew members. As Ryanair announced yesterday, two more ‘full motion’ simulators and two fixed base simulators (six in total) will be added in 2026, making it the first advanced training facility of this size in Spain. “This new investment will make Madrid the most technologically advanced pilot and cabin crew training center in southern Europe,” the company said.