8 BASED AIRCRAFT, 5 NEW ROUTES, AND 16% TRAFFIC GROWTH

FUTURE GROWTH AT RISK AS SWEDAVIA SEEKS TO POCKET AVIATION TAX CUT WHILE SECURITY FEE SET TO SOAR +67% FROM MARCH ’27

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Thu, 10 Sep) announced its record Winter 2026 schedule for Sweden, delivering 4.6m passengers p.a. across 43 routes, including 5 exciting new routes (Stockholm to Rabat, Warsaw, and Wroclaw, Gothenburg to Budapest, and Malmö to London), and 1 additional based aircraft at Stockholm Arlanda – bringing Ryanair’s total investment in Sweden to US$800m.

Ryanair’s Sweden Winter ‘26 schedule delivers:

• 8 based aircraft (US$800m investment) – 1 additional B737 at Stockholm Arlanda
• 43 routes, incl. 5 new: Stockholm-Rabat, Warsaw, & Wroclaw; Gothenburg-Budapest; and Malmö-London
• 4.6m passengers p.a. (+16%)
• Support over 3,600 jobs

This record Winter schedule follows the Swedish Govt’s decision to abolish its regressive Aviation Tax from Jul ’25 and suspend the Security Fee until Dec ’26. However, Sweden now risks losing this hard-won growth and connectivity to lower-cost competitor countries unless Swedavia reverses its excessive airport charge increases, which have risen +22% since the Aviation Tax was abolished, with further increases proposed from next year. At the same time, the Security Fee is set to soar by +67% from Mar ’27. These unnecessary cost increases will wipe out the benefits of the Govt’s Aviation Tax abolition, making Sweden uncompetitive and diverting investment in aircraft, routes and jobs to more competitive European markets.

Airlines are currently finalising their Summer ‘27 schedules, but they have no certainty on Sweden’s access costs beyond Dec ‘26. Ryanair therefore calls on the Govt to reverse Swedavia’s increase to airport charges and restore them to 2024 levels – when airlines began to make significant investments in Sweden – and scrap the Security Fee permanently to protect Sweden’s competitiveness, which in turn, will enable Ryanair to continue to deliver its ambitious Swedish growth plan.

To celebrate Ryanair’s record Sweden Winter ‘26 schedule (including 1 new based aircraft & 5 new routes), the airline has launched a limited-time seat sale with fares from just 329 SEK available via the Ryanair app.

Ryanair CEO, Eddie Wilson, said:

“Ryanair is pleased to announce another record season of growth for Sweden, increasing year-round connectivity for Swedish citizens/visitors with a robust schedule delivering 4.6m passengers p.a., an additional based aircraft in Arlanda (8 total in Sweden), and 43 routes across Sweden, including 5 exciting new routes.

Since the Swedish Govt’s sensible decision to abolish the Aviation Tax in July ‘25, Ryanair has responded with supercharged growth, adding 3 based aircraft (US$300m incremental investment) and 760,000 extra passengers across 6 Swedish airports. Lower aviation taxes and lower airport costs work – they deliver more traffic, more tourism and more jobs. Unfortunately, there is now a real risk that this could be Sweden’s last season of meaningful growth as Swedavia continues to increase its already excessive airport charges and the Security Fee is set to soar by a ridiculous +67% from Mar ’27, making Sweden less competitive and driving investment in aircraft, routes and jobs to more competitive European markets.

Ryanair wants to double our Swedish traffic to 8m passengers p.a. by 2030, add another 5 based aircraft, and create up to 6,000 jobs by 2030, but we cannot deliver this growth without competitive access costs. As airlines finalise their Summer ’27 schedules, Sweden is competing for aircraft and growth against airports all across Europe. Ryanair will continue to grow as our new Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft begin to arrive, but there is no guarantee that this growth will come to Sweden. If the Swedish Govt wants to secure Ryanair’s continued investment, traffic and jobs, it must act now: by scrapping the Security Fee permanently and reversing Swedavia’s excessive airport charge increases – restoring them to 2024 levels when airlines made the decision to invest in Sweden following the abolition of the Aviation Tax. The Govt needs to act now to protect Swedish connectivity to support economic growth.”