Rabat, April 3, 2026, 12:14 (WEST)
Ryanair launched new Morocco services from Leeds Bradford and Valencia this week, adding fresh links to Agadir and Rabat as the summer 2026 travel season opened. The airline said first flights on Leeds Bradford-Agadir and Valencia-Rabat operated on March 31, while Rabat also features in Milan Bergamo Airport’s expanded summer schedule.
The move matters because it opens direct links from northern England, eastern Spain and northern Italy at the start of the peak holiday period. It also comes as Ryanair opens its fifth Moroccan base in Rabat from April, a build-out the airline said will lift the capital’s summer seat capacity — the number of seats on sale — by 45% and take its Morocco network to more than 10.7 million passengers across 13 airports.
The Leeds Bradford-Agadir service will run four times a week, Ryanair said. Morocco business outlet Medias24 reported the launch on April 1, a day after the inaugural flight, and Ryanair communications director Jade Kirwan said the route gives customers “even more choice” for the summer season. Ryanair Corporate
Leeds Bradford Airport said the first Agadir flight left “completely full”. Declan Maguire, the airport’s aviation development director, said that showed a “strong appetite for new destinations” among passengers in Yorkshire. Leeds Bradford Airport
Ryanair also said the first Valencia-Rabat flight operated on March 31 and that the service would run four weekly flights. Moroccan outlet Consonews reported the launch on Friday, after Ryanair said in February that its Valencia summer schedule would add Rabat and Warsaw, lift total weekly frequencies in the city by 2%, and add flights to destinations including Tangier.
In northern Italy, Milan Bergamo Airport said Rabat was one of eight new destinations in the summer schedule that began on March 29. The airport said its network now spans 152 routes in 44 countries and will offer around 13 million seats through Oct. 24, up 9% from summer 2025.
That fits a broader Rabat expansion. Ryanair said in December that its new two-aircraft base in the Moroccan capital would operate 20 routes, including Milan Bergamo, Baden-Baden, Frankfurt Hahn, Nuremberg, Porto, Pisa and Valencia, and support more than 800 local jobs. Chief Executive Eddie Wilson said the base would help “boost tourism and connectivity.” Ryanair Corporate
Ryanair is not alone. Jet2 continues to sell Leeds Bradford-Agadir flights for April, while Milan Bergamo’s summer additions also include Wizz Air services to Skopje, Oradea and Targu Mures and a Norwegian route to Billund, airline and airport pages show.
Still, most of the extra supply is tied to summer schedules. Milan Bergamo said its season runs to Oct. 24, and Ryanair has framed the Leeds Bradford and Valencia launches as summer 2026 routes, leaving carriers to show they can keep aircraft full once the launch-week burst fades.
