UK continues to be the most powerful market, with London as the main destination
Malaga airport will start this weekend a high season marked by figures that go back to this infrastructure a couple of years ago. In addition to growing strongly, 7.1% in the supply of seats, to add 16 million, will also make a leap in the conquest of new cities. Specifically, from next Sunday until the end of October, the airlines will premiere in these facilities 22 routes, shooting up to 235 possibilities of nonstop flying from the Costa del Sol. The data, provided yesterday by Aena, figure in 133 destinations which will be connected to this city in a summer in which the airport runways is expected to move more than 92,400 flights, which is 5.8% more operations.
The new routes are concentrated in Europe. According to the data provided by the main companies, Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling or Norwegian, the Coast will have new flights this summer to Porto, Bordeaux, Cardiff, Milan, Exeter, London Luton, London Suthend, Naples, Lyon or Billund, known as the city legoland and located in Denmark. But in addition, these airlines have focused on North Africa with the opening of connections to Tetouan and Marrakech. They will also reinforce the alternatives to fly to national destinations such as Santiago de Compostela, Gran Canarias or Santander. Among the distant destinations, a new flight to Baréin stands out.
In the high season, of the 235 routes available, 195 will connect Malaga with Europe, with 6.7% more seats and 4.7% more scheduled movements with the old continent. The United Kingdom remains the most powerful market, with an increase of 9.1% of air capacity over last summer, and consolidating London as the destination with the highest number of seats.
However, also highlights a strong commitment of the companies for domestic flights with an increase of 6.5% in the number of seats and 9.6% in operations between Malaga and Spanish cities.
Fifty companies, which have focused on infrastructure Malaga have scheduled for the next thirty weeks an offer of flights and seats with destinations in Europe of almost 13.5 million seats and will increase by 4.7% operations, to touch the 74,000 landings and takeoffs. From Aena emphasize that "in fact, 195 of the 235 total routes that will have this summer Malaga-Costa del Sol airport are links with European airports. In addition, they need to increase connections with France, with 8.1% more seats and 5% more operations, Italy, with 12.4% more seats and 7.5% more landings and takeoffs, Sweden, with 14.1% more seats and 13.5% more flights, or Ireland, with 16.6% more seats and the same amount of operations. In addition, this summer Malaga once again has direct connections that open the door to the USA, with a flight to New York; to the Middle East, with connections to Doha and Riyadh; as well as to Istanbul, which is the main access to conquer Asian tourists; as well as to Israel or Baréin.
Of the 235 programmed routes, 195 will connect Malaga with Europe.
However, the United Kingdom continues to be the star market, accounting for 59 of the 235 total routes, which reinforces its leadership as the country most connected to Malaga's infrastructure. The airlines have scheduled nearly five million seats and more than 27,000 operations with the United Kingdom until the last weekend of October this year. London remains at the forefront as the city with more seats and flights offered by airlines at the Costa del Sol airport, with Gatwick leading the list of top ten destinations. For this London airport, the companies have offered nearly one million seats, 13.5% more, and have scheduled more than 5,300 flights, 7%, despite the uncertainties of 'Brexit'.
Barcelona, Dublin, Amsterdam, Manchester, London Stansted, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Paris complete the ranking of the ten destinations with the most connections with Malaga infrastructure, according to data from Aena.
Fuente: https://www.diariosur.es/turismo/aeropuerto-malaga-estrena-20190329100851-nt.html