Ryanair opens new maintenance hangar at Porto Airport, raising capacity to three bays

Ryanair inaugurated a new maintenance facility at Porto Airport on 10 November 2026, adding a new two-bay line maintenance hangar to the one-bay facility it already operated at the airport, the airline announced.

The new 4,900 sqm building also houses component workshops and raises Ryanair's maintenance capacity at Porto from one bay to three. The airline says the facility will create over 150 engineering, mechanic and apprenticeship roles in the Norte Region. Ryanair says it carries more than 14 million passengers a year to and from Portugal and has 30 aircraft based at four Portuguese airports: Porto, Faro, Lisbon and Madeira.

The investment concerns the airline's operations base in northern Portugal rather than its timetable: the announcement does not add routes or flights. Ryanair chief executive Eddie Wilson said: "Ryanair is creating an employment market that will drive economic growth across the Norte Region for years to come." The airline also says its fleet will grow to over 800 aircraft, carrying 300 million passengers a year, by 2034.

The release does not say when the new roles will be filled or how the extra hangar capacity will be used across the network. Any change to Ryanair services from Porto will appear in the airline's published schedules, which passengers should check before travelling.