Irish airline Ryanair said on Wednesday it was cutting its passenger capacity in Spain for next winter by 1 million seats in response to what it called a 'shameless' fee hike announced by the airport operator Aena. Lucena said the slots the airline has already booked at the regional airports in that period have a higher capacity than Ryanair claimed. Aena said its price increase was justified with 'solid microeconomic principles', and is much smaller than the increase Ryanair has charged on its plane tickets. Ryanair had already said in January it was cutting 800,000 passenger seats through the country's regional airports during the summer season. ADVERTISEMENTDespite the capacity reduction in Spain, Ryanair intends to fly at least 3% more passengers overall in the year ending March 31, 2026.