Ryanair to end Bremen flights in 2027 as airport seeks restructuring manager

Ryanair has notified Bremen's economic authority in writing that it will no longer fly to and from the northern German airport from April 2027, according to information reported by the regional programme Buten un Binnen. The carrier's last services there are expected at the end of March 2027.

The supervisory board chairman, Kai Stührenberg, said the withdrawal affects around 400,000 passengers a year and is a blow for the airport. Bremen is already under financial pressure despite a savings programme, and insolvency has been raised as a risk.

One factor in that pressure is the loss of Lufthansa's Frankfurt route in July. Without the connection to Lufthansa's largest hub, the airport was losing two to three million euros a year, Stührenberg said.

In September, Lufthansa announced it would bring the Frankfurt route back for summer 2027, but with only one daily service rather than the previous five. The airport is also cutting back Lufthansa's Munich flights and is making concessions to the airline on fees. Neither side would comment on the details, though Bremen's mayor, Andreas Bovenschulte, confirmed the arrangement, saying negotiations of this kind always involve give and take and that both sides have to move towards each other. He did not give specifics.

With Ryanair's departure, the airport now intends to step up its cost-cutting and wants to hire a restructuring manager to oversee the process.