New easyJet flights connect London Gatwick and Granada

LOW-COST airline easyJet is now operating three flights a week between London Gatwick and Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén airport in southern Spain.

It is anticipated the route will bring in 20,000 British tourists in 2017.

The two hours and 50 minutes flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout 2017.

Airbus A320 aircraft, with a capacity for 180 passengers, will fly the route which last operated between May 2005 and November 2007.