Ryanair has added three routes to its winter schedule from Stansted Airport.
Glasgow in Scotland, Malmo in Sweden, and Parma in Italy are among the Ryanair destinations now available from the Essex airport this winter.
The budget airline's winter schedule also includes a new Luton service to Venice and 18 new routes from 19 other UK airports.
They also come as other budget airlines, including Jet, have expanded their network at Stansted Airport this year.
Turkish Airlines was one of the year’s biggest developments, launching up to 15 weekly flights to Istanbul on March 18 and opening hundreds of onward connections worldwide.
Jet2 launched routes to Jerez in Spain and Samos in Greece, TUI added Kos, BA CityFlyer added Olbia in Sardinia and AJet began flying to Bodrum in Turkey.
Air Algérie also moved its London operation to Stansted in March.
Ryanair expects to carry 63 million passengers to and from the UK in 2026—nearly twice British Airways’ UK traffic.
The record winter 2026 schedule comes as Ryanair’s chief executive calls on the Government to scrap Air Passenger Duty and reject a second “visitor tax” on hotel stays.
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s CEO, said: "Imposing a second visitor tax on hotel nights will deter even more visitors coming to the UK.
"While we believe visitor taxes are appropriate once visitors are in the country, APD has failed to make the UK competitive or an attractive visitor destination, especially for families.
"We call on new Chancellor, John Healy, to abolish APD, which will stimulate rapid capacity, new route and traffic growth, and will dramatically boost the visitor taxes being charged by Regional Mayors in regional cities."
Ryanair continues investing in UK air travel despite opposing the Government’s decision to raise Air Passenger Duty to £15 per passenger in 2026.
It claims that higher APD and possible regional hotel taxes could deter millions of travellers from visiting the UK.
Ryanair has submitted plans to increase UK passenger numbers by 27 per cent to 80 million by 2030, but says that growth depends on abolishing APD.
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