Cardiff: Ryanair Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Jerry]

Ryanair stats for 2025, 2024 in brackets. Can't include Alicante and Malaga due to them sharing the route with Vueling
Dublin
January 5115 (5591)
February 7962 (7069) (this figure might include Aer Lingus flights for Six Nations)
March 6178 (5521)
April 7782 (4145)
May 10,781 (3989) (this figure might include Aer Lingus flights for Champions Cup final)
June 8215 (4960)
July 8757 (5085)
August 9113 (5438)
September 7596 (4744)
October 8374 (4551)
November 7341 (5676)
December 8524 (5594)
Total 95,738 passengers (62,363) up 53.5%
Tenerife
January 1571
February 1235
March 1106
April 1264 (1417)
May 1645 (1408)
June 1294 (1751)
July 1917 (1362)
August 1435 (1749)
September 1319 (1342)
October 1710 (1357)
November 1084 (1592)
December 1137 (1120)
Total 16,717 passengers (13,098) up 27.6%
Faro
March 235 (538)
April 2515 (2634)
May 3050 (2987)
June 3088 (3156)
July 3044 (2693)
August 2723 (3117)
September 3100 (3194)
October 2150 (2255)
Total 19,905 passengers (20,574) down 3.2%

 

[Jerry]

Ryanair Malaga flights restart tomorrow. Fingers crossed this route will be extended into winter when they release winter 2026-27.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

Ryanair Malaga flights restart tomorrow. Fingers crossed this route will be extended into winter when they release winter 2026-27.

Currently only 14 seats available on the CWL-AGP sector.

 

[Jerry]

Currently only 14 seats available on the CWL-AGP sector.

Good to see!

 

[MrFenner]

Ryanair Malaga flights restart tomorrow. Fingers crossed this route will be extended into winter when they release winter 2026-27.

They could definitely make AGP work in the winter - of course with a little competition from VY in December and early January - but seeing AGP on the boards year round would be great! 🤞

 

[Jerry]

They could definitely make AGP work in the winter - of course with a little competition from VY in December and early January - but seeing AGP on the boards year round would be great! 🤞

Well I'd imagine that Malaga would be a must route over winter if there's any hope of a Ryanair base in the future.

 

[Jerry]

Faro resumes today. So that's Ryanair back to 5 routes from Cardiff. It'll be interesting to see how it does at 3 weekly alongside TUI 2 weekly service.

 

[geoff]

All five 737s, including the 3 Ryanair flights had 100% loads outbound from CWL today!

 

[Jerry]

Good to see 4 Ryanair departures today to Alicante, Malaga, Dublin and Faro.

 

[MrFenner]

Good to see 4 Ryanair departures today to Alicante, Malaga, Dublin and Faro.

Bulks out the Tuesday departures well! Now we sit tight and await W26/27 😉

 

[Jerry]

Ryanair have loaded Tenerife and Dublin for Summer 2027. Tenerife is 1 weekly on Mondays. Dublin is daily but has shifted to morning departures between 07.30 and 08.00. At the moment there's nothing for Winter 2026-27 loaded for Dublin. No flights are onsale so it's all subject to change.

 

[Samdorob]

Ryanair have loaded Tenerife and Dublin for Summer 2027. Tenerife is 1 weekly on Mondays. Dublin is daily but has shifted to morning departures between 07.30 and 08.00. At the moment there's nothing for Winter 2026-27 loaded for Dublin. No flights are onsale so it's all subject to change.

Very unusual - I’ll be keeping an eye on the schedule over the next few days. Hopefully we’ll see winter released by the end of the week.

Looks like it’s the same scenario with PMI to EXT & MME.

 

[Jerry]

So according to Cardiff Airport winter 2026-27 schedule Ryanair will operate 3 routes and 10 weekly flights
Dublin 6 weekly (no Tuesday flight)
Alicante 3 weekly (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday)
Tenerife 1 weekly (Wednesday)
Atm though Dublin and Alicante aren't onsale.

 

[geoff]

Disappointing that there is no Malaga route, but early days yet, there maybe a chance of something being added.

 

[Jerry]

Disappointing that there is no Malaga route, but early days yet, there maybe a chance of something being added.

Elsewhere someone has suggested that apart from Tenerife it's a copy and paste of last winter. It does say subject to change and tbc on it.

 

[Samdorob]

Dublin is an interesting one as it was 5p/w last winter, so an increase. As you say it’s not on the app yet, but I’m sure the airport wouldn’t publish it if they didn’t know.

 

[CAN&I]

Didn't DUB go from 4 x to 6 x weekly in April last year and then daily from April 2026? If so, that does sound like a "copy and paste" as you say.

 

[Samdorob]

Didn't DUB go from 4 x to 6 x weekly in April last year and then daily from April 2026? If so, that does sound like a "copy and paste" as you say.

You’re right. I forgot that they added the extra day later on. I was trawling back through messages on here and spotted 5 weekly. Definitely a copy and paste job!

Here’s the winter 25/26 schedule for comparison: https://cardiff-airport.com/cardiff...ads/2025/07/W2526-Timetables-as-at-090725.pdf

 

[CAN&I]

You’re right. I forgot that they added the extra day later on. I was trawling back through messages on here and spotted 5 weekly. Definitely a copy and paste job!

Here’s the winter 25/26 schedule for comparison: https://cardiff-airport.com/cardiff...ads/2025/07/W2526-Timetables-as-at-090725.pdf

Thanks for the old version. Just eyeballed both old and new (because there's nothing better to do this precise second! 🤣 ) and asides updates to the Lapland lines and a new line for Italy (Turin), the two versions are otherwise identical.

Think its safe to assume CWL are updating the schedule as and when firm days / times / dates are confirmed. 👍

 

[MrFenner]

So according to Cardiff Airport winter 2026-27 schedule Ryanair will operate 3 routes and 10 weekly flights
Dublin 6 weekly (no Tuesday flight)
Alicante 3 weekly (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday)
Tenerife 1 weekly (Wednesday)
Atm though Dublin and Alicante aren't onsale.

Now loaded on sale shortly ✈️

DUB is 5 weekly (no Tuesday or Wed)*
ALC is Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.

*some much more traveller friendly times on the DUB route for the winter!