Ryanair unveiled its Shannon Summer 2025 schedule with 26 routes this week, including one new route to Madeira.
The scedule includes increased frequencies on eight other popular routes to/from Shannon, like Alicante, Edinburgh, Faro, Kaunas, Krakow, Malaga, Porto, and Reus.
The airline also added extra seats to/from La Rochelle in April ahead of the European Rugby Champions Cup match between Munster and La Rochelle taking place in the Stade Marcel-Deflandre on Saturday, April 5.
"The vast majority of this exciting Summer 2025 schedule will operate on Ryanair’s three Shannon-based aircraft ($300m investment) and will support over 1,500 local jobs, demonstrating Ryanair’s continued commitment to invest and grow at Ireland’s regional airports," said Dara Brady, Ryanair’s chief marketing officer.
"We call on the new Irish Government to help airlines, like Ryanair, to continue to grow at regional airports by expanding the scope for the 2026-2030 Regional Airports Programme to at least three million passenger p.a., which would allow regional airports to grow traffic without being penalised for doing so."
Ryanair claims the significant traffic growth at Shannon (+17%) is underpinned by Ryanair’s three Shannon-based aircraft – including two new 'Gamechanger' aircraft which reduce CO2 and noise emissions by 16% and 40% respectively – representing a $300m investment and supporting over 1,500 local jobs.
Ryanair also noted that its new €10 million three-bay maintenance facility, its first in Ireland, created over 200 high-skill local jobs for the region.
However, Ryanair claims regional airport growth is being 'unfairly limited' by the Government’s Regional Airports Programme (RAP), which 'penalises' regional airports for exceeding 1 million passenger p.a.
The airline has called on the new government to lift this traffic cap on regional airports to three million passengers p.a. in line with EU State Aid rules and allow Ireland’s regional airports to grow.
"We welcomed over 2.1 million passengers at Shannon Airport last year," said Mary Considine, The Shannon Airport Group’s CEO. "With the right policies and support, we can achieve even more and are encouraged by the draft National Programme for Government’s commitment to maximizing the use of regional airports.
