{"id":7403,"date":"2015-09-18T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T12:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2015-09-18T12:49:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T12:49:38","slug":"alicante-leads-way-for-budget-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/alicante-leads-way-for-budget-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicante leads way for budget flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport led the way this summer with the most flights operated by low-cost airlines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20601_alicante-elche-airport-alicante-province-comunidad-valenciana_3_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7404\" src=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20601_alicante-elche-airport-alicante-province-comunidad-valenciana_3_large.jpg\" alt=\"Young female passenger at the airport, using her tablet computer\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20601_alicante-elche-airport-alicante-province-comunidad-valenciana_3_large.jpg 700w, https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20601_alicante-elche-airport-alicante-province-comunidad-valenciana_3_large-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20601_alicante-elche-airport-alicante-province-comunidad-valenciana_3_large-225x150.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The airport offered 77 connections and came before Malaga, Tenerife and Madrid-Barajas in the number of flights with over 80 per cent of all passengers at Alicante-Elche using low-cost airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Spain is a popular route for the budget carriers, with 17 per cent of the more than 5,000 low-cost European routes starting or ending in Spain. Ahead of Spain is the UK, with a total of 935 routes.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as low-cost carrier Vueling announced it was launching six new destinations from Alicante-Elche to Santiago de Compostela, Algiers, Sevilla, Nantes, Santander and Asturias; the latter three operating on specific dates coinciding with holiday weekends.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Vueling will offer 20 direct connections between the low season running from October 26, 2015, to April 30, 2016, with a total capacity of 515,424 seats representing an increase of 23 per cent over the same period the 2014\/2015 season.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport led the way this summer with the most flights operated by low-cost airlines. 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