easyJet Announces New Summer Seasonal Birmingham Malaga Route

Latest round of strikes by easyJet pilots in Spain has no effect on Malaga airport

Image of an easyJet aircraft. Credit: EasyJet media

easyJet Announces New Summer Seasonal Birmingham Malaga Route.
A NEW route from Birmingham will be part of a network operated by easyJet from a new summer seasonal base in Malaga it has recently opened in the Andalucian province.
The new Spanish base is in addition to those at Barcelona and Palma as the budget carrier prepares to respond to increased demand due to different European countries progressively reopening for tourism. The low-cost carrier said it will base 12 aircraft in Spain where it has more than 400 employees.
The new Birmingham route to the Costa del Sol gateway airport will operate from June 29 through to October 30. The airline intends to serve 14 destinations from Malaga this summer, including London, Berlin, Geneva, Paris and Amsterdam.
The plans come even though Spain is still stagnating on the amber list requiring 10 days quarantine on return to England. On Monday, June 7,  the country opened its borders to international arrivals but as yet there is no massive influx of tourists – that is expected in July, when the UK should be free of any restrictions.
The mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre said: “This is good news since the opening of this new base in Malaga in itself generates jobs in the territory, but it is also an indicator that the airline is committed to the destination, has growth expectations and invests in it.
“In fact, we aspire to go from seasonal to permanent throughout the year. It should also be remembered that in the year before the pandemic – 2019 – easyJet was the second airline in Malaga with 14 routes and 2.5 million passengers.”
Javier Gandara, easyJet southern Europe general director, said: “With more than 36 million passengers carried since 1999, Malaga was until now the most popular destination of our network where we didn’t have a base.
“Despite a challenging context for the sector, we believe that opening what will be easyJet’s second Spanish seasonal base in Malaga – and the third in the country – is an opportunity to expand our operations in Spain, where we are the fourth largest airline.
“With Europe progressively reopening for tourism, we know that there is pent-up demand for travel, and we retain the flexibility to ramp up quickly our operations to meet that demand and a seasonal base provides us with a solution that perfectly fits with the needs of the market, constituting another example of an innovative initiative that makes our business model even more efficient.”
Spanish tourism secretary-general Manuel Munoz added: “The fact that a company that moves a volume of travellers as high as easyJet, has opened a new base in Andalucia in the current context demonstrates the strength of the community and that of Costa del Sol as a destination, and the confidence it generates in one of the main airlines.”

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