Ryanair has quietly loaded 27 new routes into its summer 2027 schedule, and with lead fares as low as €7.99 one way, some of the additions are proper bargains for regional UK and European travellers.
The headline news for Devon: Porto gets a twice-weekly link from Exeter from 30 March 2027, running Tuesdays and Saturdays alongside the airline's existing Faro service. Bournemouth also scores a brand-new Porto route — another first for Ryanair at that airport — flying Wednesdays and Saturdays on a Boeing 737-800. Portugal's second city is clearly the focus: it also gains a link with Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, restoring that airport's connection to Portugal for the first time since Germania flew to Faro back in 2018 (the airline folded in 2019).
The full list leans heavily on UK regional airports and Italy. Leeds/Bradford alone picks up four routes — Budapest, Bari, Corfu and Tirana — while Newcastle gets Reus and Rhodes, East Midlands gains Gdańsk, Birmingham links to Wrocław and Norwich lands a Málaga service. On the continent, expect tangents like Kraków to Tangier, Athens to Turin, Bratislava to Chania and Marrakesh to Palermo, plus new Poland–Italy and Poland–Balkans links from Warsaw Modlin and Wrocław.
One caveat worth knowing: Ryanair routinely trims routes that underperform or face higher airport charges, so a handful of these could vanish before summer 2027. The airline has also trimmed its full-year traffic target from 216 million to 214 million passengers to limit exposure to jet fuel prices near $140 a barrel — a move expected to cut seasonal losses by €70–100 million.
Meanwhile, the coming winter is still a big one: Cirium data shows nearly 76 million seats across more than 395,000 flights. London Stansted stays Ryanair's busiest base (around 1,227 weekly departures in November), ahead of Dublin (869), Milan Bergamo (641) and Madrid and Kraków (421 each). Italy tops the airline's international markets with 3,855 weekly departures, followed by the UK on roughly 2,800 and Spain on nearly 2,650. Greece is losing out — the Thessaloniki base is closing and around 700,000 seats are being cut, with aircraft redeployed to Albania, regional Italy and Sweden.
For travellers, this is a chance to snap up cheap direct flights from smaller airports and skip the trek to a major hub. Book early and stay flexible, and you could be sipping Port wine in Porto or sunning yourself in Puglia for the price of a pub lunch. Some routes may not show on Ryanair's website yet, so keep an eye on the booking system if your local airport is on the list. With thanks to Simple Flying for the original report.
