He threatened and fulfilled. The regional airports of Spain are living the first summer since Ryanair announced their march from a good handful of them. And they have evidently felt a good number of passengers with a total sum of 240,000 travelers less in the months of April, May, June and July.
These are the figures.
240,000 passengers less. It is the total number of travelers who have left the airports in which Ryanair has reduced the number of its operations Or, directly, they have closed them completely. It is, therefore, 6.6% less passengers in these airfields.
The figures, of course, are varied depending on the location. Especially if we take into account that in some Ryanair airports it barely reduced its operations about 5% but in others it went completely. This is its airport impact to airport.
Asturias. Asturias airport is one of those who has not felt Ryanair’s march. According to AENA’s data (All those who appear here are yours), the airfield has increased the number of travelers between April and July of this year by 2.3%. In total, in those four months 743,454 travelers accumulated, for the 726,728 of the previous year.
Of course, Asturias was one of the airports less affected by the company’s departure because, as we see, it already had a good traveler base and also the Irish withdrew routes that led to 11% less travel volume.
Jerez de la Frontera. In Jerez, Ryanair completely closed its operations and that has been significantly noticed between April and July. Last year, Jerez touched the 400,000 travelers but this year it has remained slightly below 364,000. This has meant a 8.4%drop.
The impact, above all, has been felt in national connections. Facing outside, in fact, Jerez de la Frontera has received more travelersincreasing by 1.8% compared to the previous year. However, collapse in national traffic has reached 17.1%.
Santiago de Compostela. Although the reduction of Ryanair’s operations was 28% in the case of Santiago de Compostela, the fall in the number of travelers has been important in an airfield where connections both inside and outside Spain are important due to the amount of Tourism that attracts the Camino de Santiago.
The airport moved 1.48 million passengers between April and July and was in full growth (almost 10% more than in the same period of 2023). This years has remained slightly below 1.24 million passengers (with Holy Week also in April instead of March, as in 2024) which represents a fall of 16.5%. And the fall in international flights exceeds 26%.
Santander. Another of the airports where the company’s march has barely felt. Of course, its dependence is great since it has barely reduced its operations by 5% but the Irish offer, right now, More than half of the flights that are operated in the airfield.
The fall, therefore, has been minimal (0.5%) but the health of Santander airport He was previously committed. In 2024 he touched the 422,000 passengers (about 2,000 passengers more than this year) between April and July but the fall compared to 2023 was 11.6%. It is possible that Holy Week in April this year has helped make up the results.
Valladolid. Without a doubt, the most affected airport. Next to Jerez de la Frontera, Valladolid the other airport in which Ryanair closed operations completely. This has left the aerodrome wounded and all the services that meet in it, Like the cafeteria.
The problem for Valladolid airport is that its attractiveness for international tourism is lower than Jerez and its train connection with Madrid is good. That has made him lose 68.2% of passengers. The fall is so pronounced that the volume of national passengers has fallen by 79%. In the four months mentioned, the airport only moved 23,933 people, for the 75,173 travelers of the previous year.
Saragossa. Another of the airports where Ryanair’s impact has not been felt very strongly. The airfield lost 20% of the Irish traffic with their march but the total volume of passengers has increased by some more travelers. In total, the 264,000 passenger barrier has been exceeded, with a growth of more than 5%.
In this growth, the new routes or the increase in frequency in those operated by Vueling and volotea. In fact, the growth of national trips has grown by 13.9% although the total volume remains below internationals. Here, Wizz Air has opened a route with Rome and Air Horizont has launched a package called “Escapadas”less frequently but with a good handful of destinations.
Vigo. The big exception. Ryanair’s departure reduced the company’s operations by 61%. However, it is one of those cases in which the percentages deceive because their presence at the airport was not as important as in many others mentioned in this list.
That has implied that, although the Irish have reduced operations (With threat of sanction through)Vigo’s airport is the one that has grown the most from this list. In total they moved 379,578 travelers, for the 320,719 of the previous year. A rise of 18.2%.
In this growth, international flights have helped with a 53.8% growth and almost 18,500 passengers for the 12,022 of the previous year. But, especially for the increase in national flights. There has been just over 308,000 passengers to 378,170 travelers. In recent months, Binter has increased its flights to the Canary Islands.
Key months. The election of the months of April, May, June and July is not accidental. For airlines, The summer season begins with Holy Weekaware that good weather increases trips. This season, in fact, remains until October.
At the moment, the results of Ryanair’s march have been disparate but they have already made it clear that in the global computation we can expect a reduction in the volume of passengers. It remains to be seen, once October arrived, how long the expected fall is.
Photo | Wolfgang Weiser
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