Ryanair offers 10 new destinations and extra flights on popular routes for Alicante-Elche airport this winter

Airline’s commitment to Alicante contrasts with its national winter schedule, which has been cut by a million seats due to AENA’s “excessive fees”

Low-cost airline Ryanair’s winter schedule for Alicante-Elche airport includes 10 new destinations, as well as more frequent flights on popular existing routes from November.

The total number of destinations will be 79, since the addition of Bratislava (Slovakia); Linz, Salzburg (Austria); Bydgoszcz, Rzeszow (Poland); Cardiff, Aberdeen (Wales/Scotland, UK); Stockholm Västeras, Smaland (Sweden); and Lanzarote (Spain), Ryanair’s Head of Communications and spokesperson in Spain, Alejandra Ruiz announced on Tuesday.

The new destinations will each be served with two flights per week, except Cardiff and Aberdeen, which will each get three, and Bratislava, which will have four.

She also revealed there are additional flights on 29 existing routes, including Milan, Marrakesh, Budapest, Edinburgh and many more.

“This new offer increases Ryanair’s capacity at Alicante by 12%, giving our customers even more choice at the lowest fares,” said Ruiz.

"This schedule will largely operate on the airline’s 16 Alicante-based aircraft, representing a $1.6bn investment, supporting over 6,700 local jobs, and driving year-round tourism to the province," the spokeswoman noted.

In contrast, she insisted it “has been forced to cut 1,000,000 seats from its wider Spanish Winter 2025 schedule due to (Spanish airport agency) AENA’s excessive 6.62% charge increase and ineffective ‘incentive schemes’, which is turning regional airports financially unviable to operate”.

Ryanair claims AENA’s taxes have contributed to two million seat losses in 2025 in regions other than Alicante.

“Ryanair has long championed and invested in regional airports supporting low fare access to boost tourism and jobs, but cannot justify continued investment in airports where growth is blocked due to uncompetitive fees,” the airline asserted.

This policy has prompted concern at the Region of Murcia international airport in Corvera.

Ryanair’s full Winter 2025 schedule is available to book now at Ryanair.com, with flights to/from Alicante available from €21.99 to travel from November until the end of March 2026.

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