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Ryanair threatens more cuts in Spain if government does not block proposed 21% airport tax hike

RYANAIR has called on Spain’s Ministry of Transport and the CNMC competition watchdog to block proposed airport tax hikes totalling 21% over the next five

20 Feb, 2026 @ 12:03

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Ryanair pays out €5k to British tourist scalded by hot coffee put on 'flimsy' table on flight to Mallorca

Ryanair pays €5k to British tourist scalded by hot coffee put on ‘flimsy’ table during Mallorca flight

BUDGET carrier Ryanair has paid nearly €5,000 to a passenger scalded by hot coffee during a flight to Mallorca. The out-of-court settlement went to Denise

14 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Lead·Mallorca·National News

Flight chaos in Spain as paraglider flies over airport causing diversions and delays

Revealed: These are the best and worst airports in Spain for delays and cancellations

EYE-OPENING new figures have lifted the lid on Spain’s best and worst airports for delays and cancellations. According to data crunched by boffins at AirHelp

13 Jan, 2026 @ 18:50

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Birmingham-Tenerife Flight Hit by Severe Turbulence

A RYANAIR plane was struck by ‘severe turbulence’ on Sunday afternoon (28 December) and was forced to return to England. Some passengers were injured. Flight

30 Dec, 2025 @ 11:42

Lead·Tenerife

Ryanair adds extra winter flights to Costa Blanca airport after cutting regional services in Spain

RYANAIR will add 12% more seats to its 2025/26 winter schedule at Alicante-Elche airport. Extensions of summer services come after the budget carrier slashed routes

14 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

RYANAIR’S boss, Michael O’Leary has announced the budget airline will cut 1.2 million seats at Spain’s regional airports for the 2026 summer season- including the

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Drunk British stag party en route to Costa Blanca via Ryanair are removed by French police

WATCH: Drunk British stag party en route to Benidorm are removed by police after forcing Ryanair plane to land in France

AN UNRULY drunken British mob jetting off on a Benidorm stag weekend forced an Ryanair flight to Alicante-Elche airport to land at Toulouse-Blagnac in France.

30 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s airport operator accuses Ryanair CEO of ‘lying continuously’ in row over ‘excessive fees’

THE chief executive of Spain’s state-owned airport operator has accused Ryanair’s outspoken CEO Michael O’Leary of ‘not telling the truth’ over a bitter fees row

15 Sep, 2025 @ 14:49

Business & Finance·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ryanair threatens to cut another million seats to Spain by next summer as airline goes all in against Spanish airports

RYANAIR has warned it could strip another one million seats from flights to Spain next summer if the country’s airport operator does not back down

12 Sep, 2025 @ 15:24

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Vueling accused of anti-semitism after group of Jewish children are removed from plane in Valencia

Vueling offers Spain’s airports 1.5 million new passenger seats in wake of Ryanair withdrawals

VUELING has announced a major boost to its winter schedule in Spain, adding 1.5 million seats across Santiago de Compostela and Tenerife Norte. The expansion

12 Sep, 2025 @ 11:39

Lead·National News·Other News·Travel News

Ryanair makes welcome changes to carry-on luggage size after bruising battle with Spain’s airports

RYANAIR has increased the size of its free carry-on bag for all passengers following a dispute with Spanish authorities. Effective from early September 2025, travellers

11 Sep, 2025 @ 11:18

Lead·Other News·Travel News

Ryanair threatens ‘tourism disaster’ for Spain as it directs two million seats to rival holiday destinations

RYANAIR has warned of a “tourism disaster” for Spain as it slashes flights from regional airports and diverts capacity to rival destinations such as Italy,

4 Sep, 2025 @ 12:16

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and scraps a million seats in row over taxes in Spain

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and withdraws one million seats due to tax dispute in Spain

RYANAIR has announced on Wednesday where its axe will fall at Spanish regional airports in its ongoing dispute with airport operator Aena over tax charges,

3 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair to raise bonus for staff who spot oversized luggage – following in footsteps of low-cost rivals easyJet

RYANAIR’S outspoken chief executive Michael O’Leary has vowed to wage a war on passengers ‘scamming the system’ as he announced plans to increase a bonus

1 Sep, 2025 @ 12:30

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Ryanair doubles down on threat to slash 1 million seats in Spain over ‘excessive’ airport fees

RYANAIR has doubled down on a threat to cut almost one million seats from regional Spanish airports next summer in a showdown over soaring airport

28 Aug, 2025 @ 08:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ryanair claims €15,000 in damages from 'disruptive' passenger who forced diversion of holiday flight to Spain

Bad news for holidaymakers as Ryanair baggage handlers announce strike across Spain until end of 2025

HOLIDAYMAKERS visiting Spain this summer could face serious disruption after baggage handlers used by low-cost airline Ryanair announced a strike that could last until the

5 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Travel News

Low-cost airline Wizz Air launches FIVE new routes to Spain from UK

BUDGET airline Wizz Air has launched five new routes connecting Spain with the UK. From 29 March 2026, the airline will operate routes from London

4 Aug, 2025 @ 14:24

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Ryanair threatens ‘drastic cuts’ to flights in Spain due to airport tax rise

IRISH carrier Ryanair has threatened ‘drastic cuts’ to services in Spain following a 6.6% hike in airport taxes from 2025. Airport operator Aena announced the

1 Aug, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·National News

Ryanair hits passenger record in Spain despite regional airport axe and closing routes

Ryanair hits passenger record in Spain despite regional airport axe and route closures

IRISH budget carrier Ryanair has clocked up record passenger numbers in Spain in the first half of 2025- despite scrapping 12 regional routes. Figures from

17 Jul, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·National News

Ryanair gets court to suspend hefty €107m fine for abusive practices in Spain

Court suspends Ryanair’s hefty €107m fine for abusive practices in Spain

MADRID’S High Court has temporarily suspended huge fines imposed in Spain on budget carriers Ryanair and Norwegian Air. Their practices had been described as ‘abusive’

27 Jun, 2025 @ 11:53

Lead·National News

EasyJet to launch five new routes between the UK and Spain

Travel misery in Spain with 60 flights cancelled on second day of easyJet cabin crew strike

Have you been impacted by easyJet strike action? If so, the Olive Press wants to hear from you: please email ben@theolivepress.es to get in touch

26 Jun, 2025 @ 19:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Travel News

Ryanair being taken to court AGAIN in Spain in 'test case' over hand luggage charges

Airlines on the ropes as EU body rules against charging for hand luggage

AIR travel as we know it could soon look very different after a European Union body proposed changes to carry-on luggage rules that would save

26 Jun, 2025 @ 17:56

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair will fine disruptive passengers €500 if they are kicked off a flight

BUDGET airline Ryanair has announced that passengers who are thrown off a flight for misbehaving will be fined €500. The Irish carrier said on Thursday

12 Jun, 2025 @ 11:13

Lead·National News

Ryanair boss O'Leary says Spain's Consumer Affairs minister is a 'crazy communist' for fining company €107m over abusive practices

Ryanair warns of soaring flight delays across Spain and Europe this summer

HOLIDAYMAKERS flying Ryanair this summer could face a travel nightmare, with the airline warning delays are set to skyrocket by ‘up to 20%’ – and

30 May, 2025 @ 11:44

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Hero Belgian MP helps woman give birth on flight to Spain

BELGIAN Member of Parliament Kathleen Depoorter and her son helped a woman give birth during a Ryanair flight to Spain. The plane, which had departed

12 May, 2025 @ 12:35

Lead·National News

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

RYANAIR stopped an 89-year-old Castellon man from flying back to Spain because they claimed his ID card was not suitable for travel within the Schengen

8 May, 2025 @ 18:00

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Ryanair threatens more cuts in Spain if government does not block proposed 21% airport tax hike

Ryanair pays €5k to British tourist scalded by hot coffee put on ‘flimsy’ table during Mallorca flight

Revealed: These are the best and worst airports in Spain for delays and cancellations

Birmingham-Tenerife Flight Hit by Severe Turbulence

Ryanair adds extra winter flights to Costa Blanca airport after cutting regional services in Spain

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

WATCH: Drunk British stag party en route to Benidorm are removed by police after forcing Ryanair plane to land in France

Spain’s airport operator accuses Ryanair CEO of ‘lying continuously’ in row over ‘excessive fees’

Ryanair threatens to cut another million seats to Spain by next summer as airline goes all in against Spanish airports

Vueling offers Spain’s airports 1.5 million new passenger seats in wake of Ryanair withdrawals

Ryanair makes welcome changes to carry-on luggage size after bruising battle with Spain’s airports

Ryanair threatens ‘tourism disaster’ for Spain as it directs two million seats to rival holiday destinations

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and withdraws one million seats due to tax dispute in Spain

Ryanair to raise bonus for staff who spot oversized luggage – following in footsteps of low-cost rivals easyJet

Ryanair doubles down on threat to slash 1 million seats in Spain over ‘excessive’ airport fees

Bad news for holidaymakers as Ryanair baggage handlers announce strike across Spain until end of 2025

Low-cost airline Wizz Air launches FIVE new routes to Spain from UK

Ryanair threatens ‘drastic cuts’ to flights in Spain due to airport tax rise

Ryanair hits passenger record in Spain despite regional airport axe and route closures

Court suspends Ryanair’s hefty €107m fine for abusive practices in Spain

Travel misery in Spain with 60 flights cancelled on second day of easyJet cabin crew strike

Airlines on the ropes as EU body rules against charging for hand luggage

Ryanair will fine disruptive passengers €500 if they are kicked off a flight

Ryanair warns of soaring flight delays across Spain and Europe this summer

Hero Belgian MP helps woman give birth on flight to Spain

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

WATCH: Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia finally reaches maximum height after 144 years of construction with installation of crowning cross

How to avoid a fine under Barcelona’s new civic rules – from street boozing and public urination to dog pee and going shirtless

Eye-catching chalet tucked away in remote Spanish forest is confirmed as the work of Antoni Gaudi 100 years on from his death

Catalunya to become first region in Spain to ban ‘property speculation’ in urgent bid to curb housing crisis

Could Spain’s biggest volcano be about to erupt? All you need to know after Mount Teide is rocked by more than 1,400 mini-earthquakes in less than a day