Ryanair, Ireland’s No.1 low fares airline, today (Mon, 31 Mar), announced the first flight of its new Summer 2025 route from Shannon to Madeira took off over the weekend. Ryanair will operate 2 flights per week on this new route as part of Ryanair’s Summer 2025 schedule, providing Irish citizens/visitors with even more choice at the lowest fares.

Madeira is just 1 of 26 routes that Ryanair is operating to/from Shannon Airport this summer, all of which are available to book now at ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Comms Director, Jade Kirwan, said:

“Ryanair was pleased to see the first flight of our new Summer 2025 route from Shannon to Madeira take-off over the weekend, carrying lots of happy holidaymakers and marking the beginning of the Summer 2025 season. This exciting new Summer 2025 route will operate 2 times per week, offering our Irish customers even more choice at the lowest fares when booking their summer getaways.

The vast majority of this exciting Summer 2025 schedule will operate on Ryanair’s 3 Shannon-based aircraft ($300m investment) and will support over 1,500 local jobs, demonstrating Ryanair’s continued commitment to invest and grow at Ireland’s regional airports. We call on the new Irish Govt to help airlines, like Ryanair, to continue to grow at regional airports by expanding the scope for the 2026-2030 Regional Airports Programme to at least 3m passenger p.a., which would allow regional airports to grow traffic without being penalised for doing so.

Ryanair’s full Summer 2025 schedule with over 2,000 routes across over 230 destinations is available to book now at ryanair.com.”