Monthly Archives: September 2013

The new Iberia low fare to face up to the low cost airlines Standard

This Saturday Iberia will launch the new Iberia low fare: a new offer aiming to gain new customers who seek good prices in the short and medium haul.The basic Iberia low fare will apply to routes where they compete with Ryanair or easyJet: domestic flights or connections with Europe with the exception of London. They would have explained that it does not make sense to apply this policy in the route unless it has been agreed with British Airways, with whom they form IAG.The Commercial Director for the Spanish airline, Marco Sansavini, did not want to reveal fares in a…

Brussels Airport sets Vigo and Seville as the two potential destinations in Spain Standard

According to the local media in Vigo, Faro de Vigo , Brussels Airport marketing and operation department setsVigo-Peinador Airport as one of two current potential destinations in Spain, together with Seville.Vigo is included in the official list as an airport with enough traffic to open a profitable regular connection. According to the information published by Aena, in 2012 there were over 3,400 people who went to Brussels from Vigo through another airport, due to the lack of direct flights. However, this report does not consider, for example, the thousands of passengers who, going from Vigo, might have flown to Brussels directly from Porto.The connection between Vigo and…

Works to improve the Gran Canaria airport terminal Standard

On the 28th of August Aena published a press release about the works which are being carried out at Gran Canaria Airport. A summary translation follows below for your information: The new configuration for the security controls will be already working tomorrow, the 29th of August. This will let passengers go to the boarding area through the duty-free shops placed just behind it. Aena is carrying out these works in phases in order to minimize the impact on the passengers, scheduling most of them in low season. All phases will be available in peak periods. The target in this first phase…