Ryanair will withdraw from the Serbian market for the 2026/27 winter season, ending all of its services to and from Niš Constantine the Great Airport after roughly a decade of operations. The Irish low-cost carrier attributed the decision to “fuel regulatory issues affecting the airport.”
The winter season runs from 25 October to 27 March, and Ryanair has confirmed it will suspend both its Vienna and Malta links to Niš over that period, despite having initially planned to operate the two routes. Ticket sales for the flights were discontinued this week.
The withdrawal is significant for the southern Serbian city. During the previous winter season, Ryanair operated 314 flights to and from Niš — counting both directions — offering 59,142 seats. Losing that capacity leaves a substantial hole in the airport’s schedule.
Ryanair has a long track record of shifting capacity away from airports where it considers costs or regulatory conditions unfavourable, and of redeploying aircraft to markets that offer lower operating costs. The carrier frequently frames such moves as a direct consequence of charges or policies at the affected airport.
For Niš, which had leaned on Ryanair connectivity to link the region with Western Europe, the exit is a setback that could reduce options for local travellers and inbound visitors over the winter. Whether the routes return in future seasons is likely to depend on how the underlying fuel and regulatory issues are resolved.
Sources: Aviation24, EX-YU Aviation News. Featured image: AI-generated by AviationShop. By Marco Bianchi.
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