Ryanair will cut about 700,000 seats from its Germany winter 2026/27 schedule and close its seven-aircraft Berlin base on 24 October, reducing its Berlin capacity by about half. The move leaves Berlin-Brandenburg Airport as the biggest loser in the airline’s latest retrenchment from Germany.
Twelve Berlin routes are set to disappear, including Bologna, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Marseille, Palermo, Pisa, Reggio Calabria, Tallinn, Thessaloniki, Triest and Vilnius. Remaining services will operate with a reduced frequency, while the aircraft now stationed in Berlin will be redeployed to lower-cost EU airports.
Ryanair links the cuts to what it calls astronomical access costs and Germany’s aviation tax. The airline also points to a 50% rise in BER fees over the past decade, arguing that the capital’s airport has become too expensive for its model.
Berlin carries the heaviest impact in the network reset because the city previously represented one of Ryanair’s strongest German bases. Eddie Wilson described it as the biggest loser in the airline’s German capacity reduction, a statement that underlines the scale of the pullback from the market.