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| More great news for Spain |
Irish budget airline Ryanair is set to add 29 extra routes
to Spain, leaving them with over 500 routes to and from Spain.
Spain remains a popular destination for spending the summer
in the sun and this popularity will only increase with the news that Ryanair
are set to open 29 new routes to Spain this year. This will bring Ryanair up to
500 routes, and comes at the perfect time as Spanish tourism is flying quite
high as it is.
Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary explained the reasoning behind
the increase in routes, saying that Spain was one of the most important markets
for the airline. He explained that around 27% of Ryanair’s traffic is related
to Spain, which is no doubt important to the company.
Key highlights of the additions include extra flights
between Seville and Edinburgh, Bristol, Rabat and Tangier in Morocco, and
Venice. The extra connections to Barcelona will see flights to Burgundy in
France and Palermo in Italy, while Palma de Majorca is set to welcome flights
from Milan, Rome, and Dusseldorf.
Alicante is set to offer a connection to Newquay in England,
Gdansk in Poland, and Bologna in Italy, along with domestic flights to Seville.
Ryanair will be operating flights in 26 Spanish airports
after the expansion, handling over 41 million passengers each year, which is a
major share of the overall tourism market of Spain.
Spain registered a massive increase in low-cost air traffic
to the country with a 13.7% increase.
