BRITISH-based low cost airline easyJet is to connect Palma with Madrid as it launches its first domestic routes in Spain. The no-frills carrier this week unveiled the first three of its Spanish domestic routes from its new hub at Madrid’s Barajas airport. It boasted that after launching the first low cost air services to Spain from Britain it was now looking to revolutionise the Spanish domestic holiday and business airline markets.
The Palma link will take off on February 26 just days after easyJet’s first services, linking Madrid to Oviedo and Asturias, take to the skies. Fares start at 25.99 euros including taxes and an easyJet spokesman said the 50 per cent discount for Balearic residents would apply.
The airline claimed it was linking three of Spain’s most commercially active regions with its hub in Madrid and more domestic routes are scheduled to be introduced.
This will enable Balearic residents to travel to France, Italy and Morocco via Madrid with connecting flights from the UK airline.
EasyJet will go head-to-head with Palma-based Air Berlin for a share of the Spanish domestic market.
Air Berlin already flies to many different destinations throughout Europe from its Palma hub. Passengers can fly from Portugal to various cities in Germany, Austria and Italy via Mallorca with Air Berlin and its associate company Nikki, founded by former Formula One racing champion Nikki Lauda.
Meanwhile, easyJet has announced new flights connecting the UK and the Balearics. It will link Ibiza with Belfast, Luton, London Stansted and Glasgow, while new services will be flying into Palma from Edinburgh this summer.
EasyJet flies to 73 different airports in 19 countries and operates 267 routes with its fleet of 120 aircraft. Last year the company carried over 33 million passengers.
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