What changes for visitors to Lanzarote?
O'Leary predicts much dearer flights in Europe in 2027, with rises of up to 20% on short routes. This is a forecast from the chief executive, not an agreed price list.
Ryanair has published no price list or list of cuts for Lanzarote, according to the reports available. The airline has also given no start date for higher fares.
Ryanair is trimming some frequencies this winter to burn less jet fuel that it has not hedged. It has not said which Lanzarote routes fall under this.
Anyone flying in the coming months should check their booking or the app regularly. According to reports on the fuel crisis, Ryanair normally announces cancellations 14 days ahead.
How certain are the job cuts?
The headline speaks of job cuts, but the report gives no figure. Ryanair says the measures are only on the table for now.
They include a possible temporary pay freeze and adjusted crew numbers per flight. Ryanair also wants to renegotiate airport charges and lean more on artificial intelligence to raise productivity inside the company.
The reports reviewed show no mass redundancy procedure and no statement from unions for Spain or the Canary Islands. Whether Spanish or Canarian bases would be hit is unknown.
Airlines decide their own staffing, routes and fares. The Cabildo (island government) of Lanzarote and the Canary Islands government cannot order otherwise.
Why are flights set to get dearer?
Ryanair expects about 2 billion euros in extra jet fuel costs in its 2028 financial year, because of tensions in the Middle East. O'Leary warns that the situation will push fuel prices up further.
The reports contradict each other on hedging levels. One cites 25% for the period after March 2027, another 15% from April 2027, so no firm figure appears here.
In the first half of the financial year, net profit fell 15% to 2.15 billion euros, according to one report. Operating costs rose 10%, yet the group carried 6% more passengers.
A second source has not yet confirmed the half-year figure. Ryanair is trimming its annual target slightly to 214 million passengers and hopes to pass 220 million later with new Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft.
What happened between Ryanair and Lanzarote in 2025?
In late August 2025, Ryanair announced it would cut about 400,000 seats in the Canary Islands over what it saw as excessive fees from airport operator Aena. At Tenerife North, the airline dropped all flights.
On Lanzarote, Ryanair routes fell from 40 to 35 and weekly flights from 135 to 131, according to media reports. Marseille and Turin were among the routes dropped, while Alicante was added.
Cabildo president Oswaldo Betancort then spoke of a “very limited” effect on the island. He pointed to talks with other airlines.
According to Aena, César Manrique-Lanzarote airport handled 8,920,901 passengers in 2025, a record. It was the first year with more than 8 million.
How are other airlines reacting, and what comes next?
Volotea was allowed to charge a fuel surcharge of up to 14 euros per passenger per flight if oil prices rose, according to reports. The newspaper later reported that Volotea had scrapped the surcharge.
Transavia charges fuel surcharges and is cutting flights between Lanzarote, the Netherlands and France. TUI, by contrast, is redirecting capacity from the eastern Mediterranean to places including Lanzarote.
On 31 March 2027, the period for which Ryanair has hedged fuel ends. After that, higher jet fuel prices will hit in full.
It is not known whether Ryanair will cut Lanzarote routes for winter 2026/27 or summer 2027. The date of the group's next results is not confirmed in the reports available.