Air Berlin to launch Stansted-Alicante
WTM Special Report: Air Berlin is to challenge easyJet on the Stansted-Alicante route from next summer.
The German low cost carrier is to launch daily flights from early May 2006 with tickets starting at GBP 19 one-way.
It will be the 12th route to be operated by Air Berlin and its Austrian partner Niki from Stansted. The carrier expects to carry 100,000 passengers on the Alicante route in the first year of service.
Air Berlin Euro Shuttle manager Marc Heinicke, speaking at World Travel Market, hinted that other Spanish routes from the UK may be considering in the future together with Italy and Switzerland.
He said: “Alicante is a very popular destination – not just for holidaymakers – but the thousands of Brits who have holiday homes in Spain.”
Air Berlin claims to be the third largest low cost carrier in Europe and expects to carry almost 14 million passengers this year, up from 12 million in 2004.
The airline introduces connecting flights to seven destinations in Germany from Manchester and Glasgow via Stansted on December 16, as previously reported by TravelMole.
Report by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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