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All 15 New Ryanair Routes From UK And EU Destinations

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Though Ryanair recently cut flights across 19 airports, including those in the UK, Ireland, France, and Spain, they’ve also launched some brand-new routes for 2026.

But while Simple Flying reports the airline’s busiest bases include London Stansted, Dublin, Milan Bergamo, Brussels Charleroi, and Barcelona, none of the new routes are in those airports.

Instead, the 15 new routes, which were launched on 1 and 2 June respectively, include destinations like Poland’s Gdańsk and Albania’s Tirana.

The UK’s Manchester airport will get a brand-new Ryanair link to Spain’s Castellón, too.

Full list of 15 new Ryanair routes for summer 2026

Per The Daily Express, these include:

  1. Bologna – Castellón
  2. Forli – Cagliari
  3. Parma – Reggio Calabria
  4. Rimini – Cologne/Bonn
  5. Rimini – Catania
  6. Manchester – Castellón
  7. Gdańsk – Bucharest
  8. Gdańsk – Palermo
  9. Katowice – Aarhus
  10. Katowice – Lamezia Terme
  11. Tirana – Alghero
  12. Tirana – Genoa
  13. Tirana – Parma
  14. Tirana – Wroclaw
  15. Zadar – Cork.

Manchester fliers have a new route to an underrated Spanish destination

These changes mean passengers from Manchester Airport now have a direct Ryanair flight to Spain’s Castellón.

Lonely Planet wrote that while “you don’t hear a great deal about the province of Castellón, to the north of the Valencia region,” the region’s airport, which saw its first commercial flight in 2015, years after officially opening, made it more viable for visitors.

Ryanair was the first airline to fly to what was then dubbed a “ghost” airport, The Guardian reported in 2015.

Over a decade on, the carrier has added Manchester and Bologna connections to its existing routes at the Valencian base. They added an Essex route to the destination in April, too.

Airports aside, Castellón has often been lauded as a quieter Spanish location with fewer tourists but tonnes of local charm.

Stansted Airport described the area, located on the country’s East coast, as a hidden gem.

“Castellon de la Plana’s sleepy city streets hide many treasures for the discerning tourist. If you’re hunting for a holiday off the beaten track, away from the hustle and bustle of Barcelona or Madrid but still bursting with unique Spanish charm, there is nowhere better than Castellon de la Plana,” they wrote.

“It’s great for families too with loads of local attractions including nearby beaches, escape rooms and hot springs.”

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‘This Guy Can Get F*cked’: Ryanair Boss’ Call For 6am Airport Pint Ban Divides Passengers

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Recently, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called for an end to pre-flight pints.

Speaking to The Times, he said that the problem of inebriated passengers has gotten worse, claiming his company now has to divert an average of one flight a day due to rowdy behaviour on board.

This, he shared, is up from one diversion a week a decade ago.

“It’s becoming a real challenge for all airlines. I fail to understand why anybody in airport bars is serving people at five or six o’clock in the morning. Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?” he asked.

He also pointed out that airport bars don’t have to follow the usual operating hours of other alcohol vendors, saying, “There should be no alcohol served at airports outside [of those] licensing hours.”

O’Leary even called for a two-drink limit on airport bars, though he didn’t confirm whether Ryanair – which he said generally sticks to that rule anyway – would adopt the policy itself.

“We are reasonably responsible, but the ones who are not responsible, the ones who are profiteering off it, are the airports who have these bars open at five or six o’clock in the morning and during delays are quite happy to send these people as much alcohol as they want because they know they’re going to export the problem to the airlines,” he added.

It is, of course, already illegal to be drunk on a plane. Punishments include two years in prison or a £5,000 fine.

So perhaps it’s no wonder fans of the time-honoured British airport tradition had stern words for O’Leary (whose company previously took a disruptive passenger to court for losses over a diverted flight).

“This guy can get fucked,” one X poster commented on the site. “If I’m at an airport at 6:00 AM, having a beer is pretty much the only comfort.”

“Surely Ryanair should stop serving drinks on their morning flights before Michael O’Leary starts lecturing the rest of us?” another post read.

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Surely Ryanair should stop serving drinks on their morning flights before Michael O’Leary starts lecturing the rest of us?

— Richard Barrett (@richardluddite) May 6, 2026

“Time doesn’t exist in the airport,” yet another person commented on an Instagram post.

They’re joined in their disapproval by Wetherspoons boss Sir Tim Martin, who’s called O’Leary’s proposal a “big brother” approach.

Speaking to The Times, he said: “A two-drink limit would be extraordinarily difficult to implement, short of breathalysing passengers, and would, in our opinion, be an overreaction, especially since many of the problems stem from incoming flights.”

Still, not everyone hates the idea.

“A two-drink limit feels fair to me,” one Instagram user said.

“Alcohol can metabolise differently in [the] air, and no one wants to risk being sat next to someone who’s an angry drunk who’s metabolised four drinks like they’re eight and is now plastered and raving in a metal box.”

“Ban ALL alcoholic drinks on airlines and don’t open airport bars until 12 noon,” an X poster added.

The debate takes place days after Jet2 called for a cross-airline database of disruptive passengers.

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