Establishment of an easyJet base at Malaga airport important for Costa del Sol tourism

Celebrating the establishment of easyJet Malaga base

Celebrating the establishment of easyJet Malaga base Credit: Diputación de Malaga

THE inauguration of the easyJet Malaga base, the company’s third base in Spain after Barcelona and Palma is good news for tourism in the Costa del Sol and Axarquia.
Although the base started operation on June 1, it was formally confirmed by the Diputación de Malaga on June 8 and inaugurated with the traditional arrival of an easyJet Malaga liveried aircraft and ribbon cutting by representatives of the airline and the authorities of the region.

Specially liveried aircraft landed
Specially liveried aircraft landed
Credit: Diputación de Malaga

Following this was a round table discussion entitled “Reinventing tourism” attended by the president of Costa del Sol Tourism, Francisco Salado, Manuel Pablo Muñoz, Secretary General of Tourism of the Junta de Andalucía, Francisco de la Torre, Mayor of Malaga, Pedro Bendala, director of Malaga airport as well as Javier Gándara, easyJet’s general manager for southern Europe.
In addition, Teófilo Ruiz, Subdelegate of the Government in Malaga, offered some words of welcome as the discussions took place.
The president of Costa del Sol Tourism said “today we celebrate a historic day in which easyJet’s commitment to our destination is manifested” and was excited by the fact that the inauguration of the easyJet Malaga base is good for tourism
He then added that “it is true that we are facing the terrible economic consequences of the pandemic and travel limitations, but I am convinced that the moment we leave the disease behind, the take-off from Malaga will be extraordinary. It already is.”
But little of that would be possible, according to Salado “without the first-rate equipment with which we find ourselves. Without an international airport like Malaga, with direct connection to 113 cities and 32 countries, Malaga would not be set up as the great place to invest, work and live.”
He further observed that “connectivity is essential. Because Malaga and the province have become one more neighbourhood of London, Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Paris, Zurich, Manchester, Dublin … We are two or two and a half hours away by air from the great capitals of Europe. And if you give a Briton, a Swede or a German a choice of where they want to live and work, many will choose the Costa del Sol”
The number of airline seats to the Malaga destination for journeys from June to September is close to 3.5 million which represents a growth of 1.7 million seats over 2020.

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John Smith

Married to Ophelia in Gibraltar in 1978, John has spent much of his life travelling on security print and minting business and visited every continent except Antarctica. Having retired several years ago, the couple moved to their house in Estepona and John became a regular news writer for the EWN Media Group taking particular interest in Finance, Gibraltar and Costa del Sol Social Scene. Currently he is acting as Editorial Consultant for the paper helping to shape its future development. Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews

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