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Re: 2026 Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL/EBCI) latest news

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Ryanair has recently decided to reduce its flight programme in Spain due to the increase in airport taxes by the Spanish airport operator AENA. According to @Fly_AsturiasOVD on X, the following flights from Charleroi would be affected as follows in the Summer 2026 schedule:

S26 de Ryanair en Charleroi🇧🇪 para España 🇪🇸

✅Alicante
✅Barcelona
✅Fuerteventura
✅Girona
✅Gran Canaria
✅Ibiza
✅Lanzarote
✅Madrid
✅Málaga
✅Palma de Mallorca
✅Tenerife Sur
✅Valencia

❌Almería
❌Asturias
❌Castellón
❌Menorca
❌Reus
❌Santander
❌Santiago
❌Sevilla
❌Vitoria
❌Zaragoza
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sn26567 wrote: 06 Sep 2025, 17:06 Ryanair has recently decided to reduce its flight programme in Spain due to the increase in airport taxes by the Spanish airport operator AENA. According to @Fly_AsturiasOVD on X, the following flights from Charleroi would be affected as follows in the Summer 2026 schedule:

S26 de Ryanair en Charleroi🇧🇪 para España 🇪🇸

✅Alicante
✅Barcelona
✅Fuerteventura
✅Girona
✅Gran Canaria
✅Ibiza
✅Lanzarote
✅Madrid
✅Málaga
✅Palma de Mallorca
✅Tenerife Sur
✅Valencia

❌Almería
❌Asturias
❌Castellón
❌Menorca
❌Reus
❌Santander
❌Santiago
❌Sevilla
❌Vitoria
❌Zaragoza
Mostly seasonal or year-round routes, way too early to confirm that the 10 routes get cancelled.
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Ryanair opens a new base in Trapani (Sicily) in January 2026, with, among others, flights to Brussels South Charleroi.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryan ... uary-2026/
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sn26567 wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 11:33 Ryanair opens a new base in Trapani (Sicily) in January 2026, with, among others, flights to Brussels South Charleroi.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryan ... uary-2026/
Opened already in Oct/Nov 21.
sn26567 wrote: 06 Sep 2025, 17:06 Ryanair has recently decided to reduce its flight programme in Spain due to the increase in airport taxes by the Spanish airport operator AENA. According to @Fly_AsturiasOVD on X, the following flights from Charleroi would be affected as follows in the Summer 2026 schedule:

S26 de Ryanair en Charleroi🇧🇪 para España 🇪🇸

✅Alicante
✅Barcelona
✅Fuerteventura
✅Girona
✅Gran Canaria
✅Ibiza
✅Lanzarote
✅Madrid
✅Málaga
✅Palma de Mallorca
✅Tenerife Sur
✅Valencia

❌Almería
❌Asturias
❌Castellón
❌Menorca
❌Reus
❌Santander
❌Santiago
❌Sevilla
❌Vitoria
❌Zaragoza
This is actually false, all Spanish routes have been put on sale for S26 already.
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TLspotting wrote: 30 Sep 2025, 22:20
sn26567 wrote: 25 Sep 2025, 11:33 Ryanair opens a new base in Trapani (Sicily) in January 2026, with, among others, flights to Brussels South Charleroi.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryan ... uary-2026/
Opened already in Oct/Nov 21.
sn26567 wrote: 06 Sep 2025, 17:06 Ryanair has recently decided to reduce its flight programme in Spain due to the increase in airport taxes by the Spanish airport operator AENA. According to @Fly_AsturiasOVD on X, the following flights from Charleroi would be affected as follows in the Summer 2026 schedule:

S26 de Ryanair en Charleroi🇧🇪 para España 🇪🇸

✅Alicante
✅Barcelona
✅Fuerteventura
✅Girona
✅Gran Canaria
✅Ibiza
✅Lanzarote
✅Madrid
✅Málaga
✅Palma de Mallorca
✅Tenerife Sur
✅Valencia

❌Almería
❌Asturias
❌Castellón
❌Menorca
❌Reus
❌Santander
❌Santiago
❌Sevilla
❌Vitoria
❌Zaragoza
This is actually false, all Spanish routes have been put on sale for S26 already.
Asturias is not available, all others yes

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Ryanair will cancel the following routes out of Charleroi:

CRL-GLA;
CRL-NTE;
CRL-TLV

Source: Sean M on X
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The runway of CRL airport is 3.200 m long.
Can we expect some long haul flights in the near future ?

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JOVAN2 wrote: 04 Dec 2025, 21:53 The runway of CRL airport is 3.200 m long.
Can we expect some long haul flights in the near future ?
The runway was extended to accommodate Air Belgium flights to Hong Kong. But you know what happened to that airline...
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I always thought it was more to create work for the local construction companies...

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Ryanair to cut 1 million passengers and five aircraft in Belgium after new tax hikes

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryan ... tax-hikes/

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Seems like Ryanair will grow in Charleroi this summer at 9% growth, still they are upset with the federal tax.

Source: https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryan ... i-pax-tax/

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theeuropean wrote: 06 Feb 2026, 18:12 Seems like Ryanair will grow in Charleroi this summer at 9% growth, still they are upset with the federal tax.

Source: https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryan ... i-pax-tax/
Ryanair dictates its conditions to the Walloon Government or to the airport!

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Wizz Air announces a new route between Brussels South Charleroi and Yerevan, Armenia, from 1 February 2027, with a thrice-weekly frequency

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/wizz ... r-2026-27/
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