Ryanair opens €40m maintenance hangar in Porto

Ryanair has opened a new aircraft maintenance facility at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto, in a €40 million investment that will triple the airline’s maintenance capacity there and create more than 150 jobs in northern Portugal. The move matters for the region’s industrial base and for the carrier’s expansion in one of its key Portuguese markets.

The new 4,900-square-metre hangar has two aircraft maintenance bays and component workshops, according to a company statement. It will operate alongside Ryanair’s existing one-bay hangar at the airport, increasing the total number of maintenance positions in Porto from one to three. The airline said the expansion will create jobs in engineering, mechanics and technician training.

“This investment is much more than an expansion of hangar capacity. Ryanair is creating a jobs market that will help the economic growth of the northern region in the coming years,” chief executive Eddie Wilson said in the statement.

The opening comes days after Ryanair announced a larger Porto operation for winter 2026, with two more aircraft to be based at the airport, taking the local fleet to 14. The airline said it will offer 2.7 million seats, up 13% from the previous winter, and operate 55 routes, including seven new links.

Originally published at Eco.pt