Ryanair has announced 22 new routes from UK airports for its Winter 2026 schedule, adding destinations such as Marrakech, Venice and Rome Fiumicino. The expansion covers airports including Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Stansted and Liverpool.
The Winter 2026 schedule from London and the UK will offer 435 routes in total. This includes three new routes from Stansted to Glasgow, Malmo and Parma, one new route from Luton to Venice, and a further 18 new routes from 19 other UK airports.
Full list of new routes
The complete list of the 22 new routes is as follows:
- Birmingham – Copenhagen
- Birmingham – Rome Fiumicino
- Birmingham – Marrakech
- Birmingham – Tirana
- Birmingham – Warsaw Modlin
- Bristol – Knock
- Bristol – Warsaw Modlin
- East Midlands – Budapest
- Edinburgh – Milan Malpensa
- Edinburgh – Tirana
- Edinburgh – Warsaw Modlin
- London Stansted – Glasgow
- London Stansted – Malmö
- London Stansted – Parma
- London Luton – Venice
- Liverpool – Milan Bergamo
- Liverpool – Copenhagen
- Liverpool – Gdańsk
- Liverpool – Porto
- Liverpool – Tirana
- Liverpool – Warsaw
- Manchester – Warsaw Modlin
Passenger growth and tax dispute
Ryanair anticipates serving 63 million passengers throughout 2026, maintaining its position as the UK's biggest passenger airline. The company has also revealed it wants to grow its annual passenger numbers to 80 million by the end of 2030.
However, the airline says this growth can only be delivered if the government abolishes air passenger duty (APD), which it describes as the highest in Europe. APD rates depend on the length of the flight and cabin class, and rose in April. Economy passengers are currently charged £8 for a domestic flight and £15 for a short-haul flight of up to 2,000 miles.
CEO calls for APD abolition
The routes were unveiled as Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary launched his latest attack on taxation, threatening to withdraw services from UK airports to reduce the company's tax bill. He claimed that holidaymakers face being "double taxed" under Labour's plans for a tourist levy on overnight stays.
The Government has proposed giving regional leaders across large parts of England the power to introduce the charge to raise money for their local areas. Mr O'Leary argued it would add another tax for travellers who already pay APD.
Speaking at a press conference in London on Wednesday, the Ryanair chief executive said he did not oppose the plans outright, but called for APD to be abolished. He said: "We don't have any great fundamental philosophical difference with his regional tax, where you allow the regional mayors to add a tax on hotel nights, but that is a double tax on tourism. Abolish APD. You can't tax tourists on the way into the UK and then double tax them for the hotel night."
