UK bans non-stops to Portugal; over 10 million seats in 2019
Ryanair launched Cornwall Airport Newquay to Faro at the end of March 2017. This summer, it’ll return on a twice-weekly basis from 30 March. Newquay will be one of 22 UK airports connected with Faro.
UK to Portugal seats passed 10 million in 2019, OAG data shows, making Portugal the seventh-largest European country from the UK.
The country-pair saw capacity rise by 3.6 million since 2011, recording a CAGR of 5%. Pretty decent growth from an already large base.
Three carriers – Ryanair, Jet2, and easyJet – added almost all of this capacity. However, both TAP (+516,000 additional seats) and British Airways (393,000) grew well for network carriers.