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25th June 2018

Volotea launch two new flights across Europe

Volototea will launch two new flights to different countries in Europe with both services operating from Munich airport. The first is a service between Munich and Montpellier, France, that will fly two times a week using a Boeing 717 aircraft. The second service is between Munich and Zaragoza, Spain, and will also fly two times a week using a Boeing 717 aircraft. Volotea has not listed how long each flight will take. 

 

Montpellier and Zaragoza will become the fourth and fifth European cities that Volotea will offer services to from Munich, with each city being the second Spanish and French destination respectively. The other destination that Volotea fly to from Munich is Mykonos.

 

20th June 2018

Volotea celebrates 18 million passengers

Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, celebrates in Venice its 18-millionth passenger carried since operations started in 2012. The airline operates 293 routes connecting 78 cities in 13 European countries and expects to carry between 5.7 and 6 million passengers this year.

Volotea has reached today its 18 million passenger since operations started in April 2012. In an event hosted at Venice airport, Mariaelena Zanocco was awarded with a year-long free flights prize to any destination from Venice before taking her flight Venice to Bordeaux.

“Eighteen million passengers carried since 2012 demonstrates our continuous and significant growth. This year we continue adding new routes all across our network, offering non-stop connections to mid and small-sized European cities, widening our clients’ travel choice at convenient fares”, Carlos Munoz, Volotea’s Founder and CEO stated.

Volotea has recently reinforced its shareholder base adding five private equity firms and family offices based in the United States (including Elysium LLC and HRS Management) and Europe (including Meridia Capital, Rijn Capital and Rocinante) as strong, prestigious and long-term shareholders to help fund the company’s huge growth potential. Volotea’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Munoz, as well as its core management team, increased their investment in the company, reaffirming a strong commitment to the airline’s strategy.

 

9th May 2018

Volotea launches a new base in Athens

Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, has inaugurated its twelfth base, in Athens, where a Boeing 717 will be permanently based, and 30 local jobs are created.

Volotea has inaugurated today the launch of its twelfth base in Athens. The airline will base an aircraft in Athens airport to allow a significant increase in routes and frequencies. The event, presented by Carlos Munoz, Founder and CEO, has been hosted by Yiannis Paraschis, Athens International Airport’s CEO.

Since Volotea started operating in Athens in 2015, Volotea has carried over 200,000 passengers, increasing its number of customers year-on-year. In 2017, the airline has carried 108,000 passengers from Athens, up by 78% in comparison to the previous year and achieving an average 88% seat load. 

For 2018, Volotea will offer 337,000 seats, increasing its capacity by 173%. The airline will operate two new routes to Verona (starting on May 31st 2018) and Heraklion (started on April 26th 2018). Heraklion is operating daily, like the flights to Mykonos and Santorini.

Both new routes are adding up to the other destinations that Volotea already serves in Athens, for a new total of eight. Volotea flies to five destinations in Italy (Venice, Bari, Genoa, Palermo and from this month onwards also Verona) and to three domestic routes (Santorini, Mykonos and Heraklion).

“We are proud and excited to launch Athens base today. The warm welcome from local customers and the excellent collaboration with the airport are two critical factors behind our decision to open a base in Athens. Greece has been a strategic market for Volotea since our launch, connecting it with our other key markets of France and Italy, and now domestically.”

 

 

2nd May 2018

TAP Air Portugal, Volotea link up on European services

TAP Air Portugal and Spain-based LCC Volotea may expand their partnership after agreeing to a codeshare arrangement to strengthen services between three European nations.

It is the first codeshare that Volotea, which specializes in connecting secondary and tertiary European cities, has entered into.

The agreement has come into force in the past few days and allows both airlines to cooperate through Volotea’s direct flights to the southern Portuguese leisure destination of Faro from France and Italy. Faro has become a year-round destination, largely because of the proliferation of golf courses in its locality.

The codeshare will allow TAP to place its TP code on all Volotea-operated routes from Faro to

Nantes, Bordeaux and Marseille (France), as well as to Verona (Italy) 

“This first codeshare agreement in Volotea’s history … will clearly benefit consumers to connect important French and Italian cities with the dynamic Portuguese market,” Volotea’s founder and CEO Carlos Muñoz said. “Furthermore, it will allow Volotea to grow into a larger geography and longer seasonality and in partnership with TAP Portugal, one of Europe’s strongest airlines. 

“This new codeshare aims to provide TAP customers with more service options enhancing flight connectivity possibilities from Portugal to France and Italy,” TAP Air Portugal CEO Antonoaldo Neves said.

Under the agreement, Volotea expects to enhance its distribution in Portugal. 

As part of its continuing expansion, Volotea has also opened two new direct routes to Madeira, a Portuguese island territory in the Atlantic, from Marseille and Bordeaux.

 

28th April 2018

Volotea has been the third most punctual low cost airline in Europe in March

Volotea, the airline of mid and small-sized European cities, is the third most punctual low cost airline in Europe in March, according to the monthly report of the US independent airline data performance agency FlightStats for the month of March 2018. Volotea has been the third most punctual low cost airline in Europe during the month of March 2018, when 1,874 flights were operated. Volotea’s on-time arrival performance rate reached 84%, according to the monthly statistics published by the leading US-based independent airline consultant agency FlightStats. This is particularly outstanding this month considering that Volotea has enjoyed again a significant increase in its operations, growing by 38% year-on-year.

During the three months of the first quarter of 2018, Volotea operated 4,878 flights ranking fourth among the most punctual European low cost airlines within the period and being one of the fastest growing large LCC in the European Union. Volotea has been one of the best European airlines performing on-time flights during the busy 2018 Easter season, partially included in this years’ first quarter. Volotea is also one of the airlines with the lowest cancellation rates in the world. The airline`s regularity stands at 99.9% and its average delay time, when it happens, is also among the lowest according to industry levels. For a third consecutive year, Volotea has reached a client recommendation rate of 90%.

 

9th April 2018

Volotea lands in Lyon with routes to Italy and Spain

Volotea commenced flights between Lyon and Palermo on 6 April, one of three new routes to be launched by the airline from the French city this week, with the others being Alicante and Palma de Mallorca. Seen cutting the ribbon to officially open the Palermo route are: Edo Friart, International Development Director, Volotea; Pierfrancesco Carino, Sales Director, Volotea; and Cédric Fechter, MD Lyon Airport. A fourth route to Cagliari will begin in May.

This fantastic cake welcomed Volotea passengers on the inaugural service from Alicante back to Lyon, one of three route launched by the airline from the French city this week including Palermo and Palma de Mallorca. The 948-kilometre sector will face no direct competition and will be operated by a variety of the LCC’s equipment.

Volotea commenced four new routes in the week commencing 3 April, including its first-ever to Lyon (LYS). The carrier will now link the French city to Alicante (ALC), Palermo (PMO) and Palma de Mallorca (PMI), while a fourth route to Cagliari will start in May. “We are happy to inaugurate the first flight with Volotea at Lyon Airport. The arrival of a new company is always important for an airport, and it is even more so when it imposes itself with an offer of creating new destinations. We are pleased to be working with Volotea to make these flights a success and to develop their presence at the airport, which offers great potential for development,” commented Cédric Fechter, MD Lyon Airport about Volotea’s arrival. Along with the carrier’s inaugurals from Lyon, it also introduced its latest service from Bordeaux (BOD) this week. The LCC recently featured in anna.aero’s review of the top 15 airlines launching services in early S18. The most competitive city pair of the routes launched this week is the one between Lyon and Palma de Mallorca which has six weekly frequencies from three incumbent carriers

 

 

1st April 2018

Volotea have expanded their operations this Apirl to include the capital of the Spanish Autonomous region, the Basque Country, Bilbao. “Bilbao is the third destination served by Volotea in the current flight schedule in addition to Marseille and Nantes. We are delighted with the expansion of the Spanish airline in Vienna. This puts new flight connections to popular holiday destinations at the disposal of our passengers. On balance, 105 weekly flights to Spain are now being operated from Vienna Airport”

 

Volotea will service the port city of Bilbao from Vienna twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. The aircraft will take off from Vienna Airport at 9:40 a.m. and arrive in Spain again at 12:30 p.m. Passengers will be able to enjoy the sights of the Basque Country, as well as gorging on the delicious Basque fresh fish pintxos.  

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With an impeccable pedigree from the two founders, who achieved remarkable success with their previous airline start-up, Vueling, Volotea is a Spanish low cost based in the commercially active city of Barcelona. Volotea started flying in April 2012, but choose to base its operations initially in Venice's Marco Polo Airport. ________________________________________ Volotea’s long term strategy is to link small and medium sized European cities by offering regular non-stop, direct flights at very competitive prices. With a matched fleet of 19 x 125 seater Boeing 717-200 aircraft Volotea offer services, either summer-only or year round, to 64 destinations including : Ajaccio, Alghero, Alicante, Ancona, Asturias / Oviedo, Athens, Bari, Bastia, Biarritz, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brest, Brindisi, Caen, Cagliari, Catania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Figari Sud Corse, Fuerteventura, Genoa, Gran Canaria, Heraklion / Crete, Ibiza, Kos, Lampedusa, Lille, Majorca (Palma), Malaga, Marseille, Menorca (Mahon), Milan, Montpellier, Munich, Mykonos, Nantes, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Pantelleria, Perpignan, Pisa / Tuscany, Prague, Preveza / Lefkada, Rhodes, Samos, Santander, Santorini, Seville, Skiathos, Split, Strasbourg, Tel Aviv, Tenerife South, Thessaloniki, Toulon, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Vigo, Zakynthos, Zaragoza. Since starting services, Volotea has already launched some 200 routes, mostly between and within France, Greece, Italy and Spain with new cities featured for summer 2015 including Asturias in Spain and Strasbourg in France. The airline’s largest base remains Venice's Marco Polo Airport with close to 130 departures each week to a total of 32 destinations and 21 flights per week alone to Catania. As you'd expect with the low cost experience of the founders, Volotea have a buy on board service for all food and drinks with an ample selection of cold and hot beverages, beer and other alcoholic beverages, sandwiches, sweets and various snacks available on all flights. For a truly 21st century, European flying experience Alternative Airlines recommend you try Volotea !