Forty-two new weekly flight to a host of destinations are now taking off from Robin Hood airport. Eight new routes to Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Jersey, Newquay, Malaga, Alicante and Faro are scheduled as part of a Flybe deal with the Doncaster Sheffield Airport. The airline will also operate a business route to Dusseldorf from Thursday […]
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New flights to Malaga, Alicante and Faro
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Alicante shines as the favourite 2016 Spanish destination with new flights adding to accessibility
The beginning of 2016 saw Spain break yet another tourism record, welcoming 3.5 million international tourists in January alone, albeit traditionally one of the low-season months. The latest tourism figures show that this is an 11.2% increase in comparison to last year, with 20% of all overseas visitors coming from the UK. And this trend […]
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Norwegian launches new flights to Spain
From 30 April, two weekly flights will take off from Manchester to Barcelona, offering nearly 20,000 seats for the summer season. From 2 June, four weekly flights will depart from Manchester to Malaga, while two weekly flights to Alicante will commence from 3 June. Meanwhile, from 15 June, new flights from Edinburgh to Barcelona will be available, adding 15,000 seats this summer. […]
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KLM expands routes to Spain, adds direct flights to Alicante
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start direct scheduled service to Alicante this summer. Alicante is KLM’s sixth Spanish destination after Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao, with direct flights from Amsterdam to Valencia and Ibiza already planned. KLM will offer sixteen flights to Spain each day. All KLM flights to Spain offer customers from other points of origin […]
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Spain continues to reign as tourist favourite with Alicante-Elche Airport celebrating best November in history
A heavyweight in the arena of world tourism, Spain looks set to register 2015 as its third consecutive record year for tourism. According to the most recent statistics released by Spain’s National Statistics Office, the first 11 months of 2015 saw tourist levels reach 64.6 million, an impressive 4.8% increase in comparison to the same […]
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Taylor Wimpey España confirms ‘meaningful improvement in Spanish market’
Leading Spanish homebuilder, Taylor Wimpey España, has today announced continued growth in the business due to a ‘meaningful improvement in the Spanish market in 2015’. The company, which has been building homes in Spain for over 50 years, released figures that show an increase in the total order book, as at 31 December 2015, of […]
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Alicante Airport set for airside retail transformation in Q2 2016
Alicante-Elche Airport is set to complete a tender process for 16 new shop concessions that will transform the airside commercial environment from Q2 2016. Spanish airports company AENA launched a tender in July, with a bid deadline in October, and awards and the signing of contracts to be finalised soon. The new stores should open […]
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Alicante’s Christmas attractions
ALICANTE will once again be organising a number of fun Christmas attractions in the city this year, including the ice rink which will be put up in the town hall square and sledging in the Montañeta. The longest bouncy track in Europe, all 65 metres of it will be put up in the Plaza Senaca […]
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Sun, sea, sand and shops – second home owners enjoy retail therapy in Alicante
Spain has enjoyed a record-breaking summer, with some 54.4 million foreign visits in the first nine months of 2015, up 3.8% on the year before, according to the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry. But now that the summer season is at an end and the holidaymakers are back at work in their home countries, has […]