Ryanair announced its Belfast Summer 2025 schedule with 19 routes, including an exciting new Summer route to Kaunas, as well as extra frequencies on other popular Summer holiday routes like Malaga, Alicante & Malta, providing Ryanair’s Northern Irish customers with more choice and regular connections at the lowest fares in Europe. This significant growth (+16%) is underpinned by Ryanair’s 2 Belfast-based aircraft, representing a $200m investment and supporting over 1,000 local jobs, while driving year-round tourism at the same time.

While Ryanair continues to invest and grow in Belfast since the reopening of its Belfast base in 2023, regional UK connectivity and tourism is suffering under the new Labour Govt, which while “claiming” to champion growth, have bizarrely increased APD taxes on short-haul flights by £2 per passenger from 2026, damaging growth and making the UK uncompetitive. This APD tax hike further penalises ordinary UK families travelling abroad on holidays and deters millions of potential visitors to the UK, who will travel instead to countries like Sweden, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, who are abolishing aviation taxes or are reducing airport fees to stimulate growth. The anti-growth increase in UK APD is damaging tourism and economic growth in the UK regions, and Ryanair continues to call on Rachel Reeves to immediately abolish this stupid APD tax, which will deliver immediate and much needed growth across the regions.

To celebrate the launch of Ryanair’s Summer 2025 schedule for Belfast and its new Kaunas route, the airline has launched a limited time seat sale with fares from just £24.99 available only at www.ryanair.com.