Monday, October 28, 2024
By Paul Whitelock
The new winter flight timetable to and from Málaga Costa del Sol Airport was announced last week and got underway yesterday, the day we put our clocks and watches back one hour.
AENA, the Spanish airports authority, announced a record number of flights, with more routes than ever before.
Málaga is the third busiest airport in Spain after Madrid (Barajas), and Barcelona (El Prat de Llobregat).
Photo courtesy of Solvilla Real Estate
Winter schedule
Málaga will connect to 128 airports in 30 countries with direct flights this winter.
Some 42 airlines have scheduled a total of almost 10 million seats to fly to and from Málaga Airport during the low season which started on Sunday 27 October.
This will add five new destinations compared to 2023.
Airport operator AENA has indicated that 42 airlines will connect Málaga Airport with 128 destinations in 113 cities in more than 30 countries.
These airlines are reinforcing their presence by offering 9.7 million seats to fly to and from the Costa del Sol.
The airlines ar
e concentrating most of their efforts on Europe and Spain, although they are still committed to growth outside these areas.
In Europe, the airlines have programmed 10% more capacity. In fact, of the 207 total routes that Málaga Airport will have this winter, 172 are links with European airports, according to AENA.
Photo courtesy of Málaga Car Hire
Markets
There are significant increases in air capacity with Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland.
However, flights to and from the United Kingdom are in the lead and the UK market remains the market most connected to Málaga, accounting for 44 of the 207 total routes and concentrating 1.9 million seats and 10,000 operations, representing an increase of 7.3 and 8.4%, respectively. There will be direct flights to and from Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London (all airports), Manchester, Newcastle, and Newquay.
Map courtesy of SUR in English
Other countries
There are also lots of flights to France and Germany, which is good for The Spanish Fly, as he and his German missus visit Germany often and next Easter they are flying to France, to Marseille for a family holiday near Avignon.
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Acknowledgements:
AENA
Pilar Martínez
SUR in English
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