The reduction is due to the controversial passenger cap.
Ryanair has announced that it will cut 14 flight routes this winter in response to Dublin airport’s passenger cap restrictions.
According to a report from the Irish Times, the budget airline has cut 14 routes from Dublin for the October to March period when regulators have limited airlines to 13 million seats.
The route cuts include Asturias, Castellon and Santiago in Spain, Carcassonne in France, Leipzig and Nuremberg in Germany, Palanga in Lithuania, and Romania’s Sibiu and Suceava.
As Ryanair confirmed the cuts, it said that it would be unlikely to restore all of them in summer 2025.
Irish passengers warned as Ryanair to cut 14 flight routes
The CEO of Dublin Airport has warned passengers that there may be a ‘significant impact’ on the price of flights next year due to the passenger cap
In a statement earlier this month, the daa said that the 32 million passenger cap is expected to be exceeded, meaning some airlines are scaling back their operations.
3.46 million passengers went through the terminal doors of Dublin Airport in August, making it the busiest month ever in the airport’s 84-year history.
CEO Kenny Jacobs said that the “outdated passenger cap”, which was implemented in 2007, leaves the airport “caught between a rock and a hard place”.
“We want to grow so we can continue to connect Ireland with the world and support FDI, tourism and jobs.
“But while we wait for planning to be granted, we are doing everything we can to comply with existing planning conditions.”
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) recently proposed limiting airlines at Dublin Airport to 25.2 million seats next summer to ensure they do not exceed the overall 32 million limit.
Aer Lingus, another one of Dublin Airport’s biggest airlines alongside Ryanair, said it was “continuing to assess the impact of the IAA’s draft decision reducing capacity for summer 2025″.
The passenger cap is under further pressure from An Bord Pleanála’s draft proposal to limit night-time flights to 13,000 a year, significantly down from 36,000 such flights the airport handled last year.
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