en.Wedoany.com Reported - Ryanair launched seven new routes on June 1, all operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft, including: Bologna to Castellón (twice weekly), Cologne to Rimini (three times weekly), Manchester to Castellón (twice weekly), Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Alghero (twice weekly), TIA to Eindhoven (three times weekly), TIA to Parma (twice weekly), and TIA to Wrocław (three times weekly).
Two of these seven routes are entirely new markets involving Castellón. The airport, built in 2011, only began scheduled flights in 2015 and was once dubbed Spain's "ghost airport." Cirium data shows that its scheduled flight volume in 2026 will reach a historic peak, with main carriers including Ryanair, Volotea, and Wizz Air. Wizz Air already operates on the TIA to Eindhoven and TIA to Wrocław markets and will join the TIA to Alghero route later this month. As of June 1, Alghero Airport on the Italian island of Sardinia had no direct flights to Albania, now served by two airlines. The Cologne to Rimini route resumes after a 15-year hiatus, previously operated by the now-defunct airberlin; the TIA to Parma route resumes after a 13-year break, previously operated by the now-defunct Belle Air.
On June 2, Ryanair launched another eight routes, also operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft: Budapest to Dubrovnik (three times weekly), Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) to Bucharest (three times weekly), GDN to Palermo (three times weekly), Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Aarhus (twice weekly), KTW to Lamezia Terme (three times weekly), TIA to Memmingen (serving Munich) (three to four times weekly), TIA to Genoa (four times weekly to daily), and TIA to KTW (three times weekly).
Five of these eight routes will directly compete with Wizz Air, including TIA to KTW. Smartwings has also entered this market, and this route (one-way distance of 544 nautical miles, approximately 1,007 kilometers) will see three airlines for the first time. Booking data from April 2025 to March 2026 shows nearly 300,000 passengers between TIA and Poland, with KTW to TIA being the fourth-largest market, increasing to eight weekly flights. Among the remaining three markets, two are entirely new routes launched by Ryanair: GDN to Palermo (with approximately 3,000 indirect passengers last year) and KTW to Aarhus (with over 20,000 passengers including Billund Airport, though the KTW to Billund route is operated by Wizz Air). The KTW to Lamezia Terme route resumes for the first time since Smartwings exited in 2022, with LOT Polish Airlines having operated it in 2021.
A comparison of Cirium flight schedule data shows that Ryanair's planned schedule for June 2026, compared to actual operations from January 2025 to May 2026, identifies 24 new and resumed routes (21 international and 3 domestic). The 15 routes launched on June 1 and 2 account for over one-fifth of the month's new routes. Meanwhile, 422 routes (376 international and 46 domestic) that operated between January 2025 and May 2026 are no longer flown this month, with the vast majority completely removed from the network and the rest set to resume later this year.
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