Spanish airline Spanair is set to launch new scheduled services from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona and Madrid starting in May 2010.
The new Madrid service will operate three times a week each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from May 25th and the new Barcelona flights will operate four times per week, each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday starting on May 20th. Spanair will be using an Airbus A320 aircraft with a two class configuration and 168 seats on both new routes.
Bmibaby's Birmingham to Barcelona service stops on June 09th 2010 and there is no direct service currently operating between Birmingham and MAdrid.
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s chief executive officer, 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 the economy 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.”
The new Madrid service will operate three times a week each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from May 25th and the new Barcelona flights will operate four times per week, each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday starting on May 20th. Spanair will be using an Airbus A320 aircraft with a two class configuration and 168 seats on both new routes. Bmibaby's Birmingham to Barcelona service stops on June 09th 2010 and there is no direct service currently operating between Birmingham and MAdrid.
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s chief executive officer, 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 the economy 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.”
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