Spanish fly fills Birmingham gap
Wednesday, 18 Mar, 2010
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Scheduled flights to Barcelona and Madrid are being started from Birmingham Airport by Spanair this summer.
The carrier’s first scheduled services from the UK are due to start in May.
Spanair will operate a 168-seat Airbus A320 aircraft on the routes offering a two-class configuration.
The move come as Bmibaby withdraws a Birmingham-Barcelona service on June 7.
Spanair is to serve the Spanish city four times a week from May 20 and Madrid three times a week from May 25.
Madrid has not been served from the airport since October 2008.
Lead in fares start from £65 return including taxes and charges, subject to currency fluctuations.
Spanair will offer onward flights from Barcelona and Madrid across its scheduled network in mainland Spain, the Balearics and Canary Islands as well as North Africa.
Airport CEO Paul Kehoe said: “From May we will provide the only direct Madrid service south of Liverpool and north of Watford Gap and with the excellent road and rail access to Birmingham it’s a no brainer for people wanting to reach Spain’s capital city from this stretch of the country.
“We are obviously delighted too with the news that Barcelona will continue to be available for our passengers once the current service stops in June.
“Although it’s not clear if news like this is the early signs of economic recovering, it certainly demonstrates that the industry has confidence in Birmingham so we are delighted to have been chosen as the first airport in the UK where Spanair will start operating scheduled flights.”
Spanair CEO Mike Szucs said: “With the introduction of these new routes from Birmingham, Spanair is delighted to create a year-round gateway to Spain from The Heart of England.
“Via our hubs in Barcelona and Madrid, passengers will enjoy connections to a range of Spanish peninsula cities and islands, which they could otherwise only reach during the peak season with low cost carriers and charter flights.
“We are very much looking forward to filling the gap left by low cost and full service airlines on these important routes for the Midlands region.”
by Phil Davies
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