Spainair Increases flights to the Canary Islands

Between July and September Spainair is adding 10 direct routes from Mainland Spain to the Canary Islands. The summer schedule offers 67 domestic routes and over 47,000 flights in general with 27 routes open to the Canaries accounting for 7,000 flights. With it Star Alliance partners it also 20 International routes from Madrid and 19 from Barcelona making it the number one choice to Barcelona. Next summer, Spanair will operate 2 weekly flights from Madrid to Fuerteventura and 3 to South Tenerife. It will also increase from 2 to 4 its direct frequencies to Lanzarote, completing its service from Barcelona to the Canary Islands as it maintains its daily flights to Tenerife and Las Palmas. With this schedule, Spanair will be the only airline serving 5 direct destinations between Barcelona and the archipelago, and the only one flying as well to Fuerteventura and South Tenerife. The 50 weekly flights planned between the Catalan capital and the archipelago set Spanair as the best alternative in this market in flights and seats offered. From the 27th July and until 6th September Spanair will be offering 10 additional direct connections between the mainland and the Canary Islands: - From Seville to Las Palmas, South Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. - From Santiago de Compostela to Las Palmas, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. - From Vigo to Las Palmas and South Tenerife. - From Bilbao to Fuerteventura.

Furthermore, Spanair operates code-shared flights from several Spanish cities to amongst other destinations, London, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Warsaw, Geneva, Zurich, Oslo, and Philadelphia.

Monarch Report Strong Numbers for Canary Islands

Holiday and flight provider Monarch have reported promising visitor numbers for the Canary Islands this winter. Gran Canaria along with Tenerife and Lanzarote are all listed in the top five of their ‘Whats Hot for 2009’ List.

Liz Savage, the managing director of Monarch Flights and Holidays, commented: “Despite early indications that holidaymakers were looking to head east for their holidays this year, the picture to date is somewhat different. The Canary Islands which benefit from year-round sunshine and are only a four hour flight time from the UK, are the surprise destination leaders for both holiday and flight-only bookings this winter, already 13% ahead of holiday bookings vs 2008

EasyJet Offer Reduced Fares to Gran Canaria

EasyJet have reduced fares on over 16 Million seats with up to 25% off flights between March 1st and June 30th 2009 including peak periods like Easter and the school half term. The discounts also extend to accommodation where travellers can get up to 75% off accommodation across Europe from now until October 2009. www.easyjet.com

New Flights to Las Palmas

Bristol has always been a popular airport for those flying to Gran Canaria and the collapse of XL Airways could have been a real blow to many who relied on this route to visit their properties. As in most cases of course other airlines have snapped up the route taking advantage of the strong UK demand for this popular destination. Flight only specialist Teleticket have added the route in response to strong demand from many UK holiday makers who rely on the all-year round high temperatures and sunny beaches to thaw their gloomy winters. Jason Wescott, Bristol International Airport's head of sales, told the Bristol Evening Post: "It has been frustrating to hear from travel agents that customers want to fly from Bristol International when booking their holidays but can't because of a lack of availability." The service will start for Easter 2009 a popular time to visit the Island.

Low Cost Winter Flights by JET2

The low-cost carrier is offering reduced one-way fares to top destinations such as Lanzarote from £49.99. Other holiday spots included in the offer are Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Flights are available to book now and include taxes and charges.Those looking to escape the typically gloomy British winter can make bookings "right the way through until March 2009". Travellers can make their way from Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Newcastle and Blackpool airports.In an announcement on its official website, the carrier said: "If you like planning ahead and are looking to catch some winter sun then why not head to the Canaries with Jet2.com." For bookings refer to Low cost flights to Fuerteventura

Thomsonfly Low Fare Flights for Winter

Thomsonfly is now offering winter holiday flights from nine UK airports including Gatwick and Manchester. Thomsonfly claims to offer the most comprehensive range of flights from UK airports beginning 1st Nov to winter sun favourite the Canary Islands, with flights starting from £54.99 one way.

“As well as offering great low fares and service options including pre-booked seating and quality, hot meals, Thomsonfly provides customers with convenience and flexibility by flying to many exciting destinations from their local airport. This is why Thomsonfly was voted ‘the consumers’ favorite leisure airline’ at the 2007 British Travel Awards,” says Thomsonfly commercial director, Guy Stephenson. Flights from Gatwick airport go to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Malaga, Alicante, Paphos, Salzburg and Funchal. From Manchester airport Thomsonfly flies to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote,Malaga, Alicante, Salzburg, Paphos, Marrakech and Funchal. During the winter season the airline will also be offering flights from East Midlands airport to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Alicante,. The other UK airports included in Thomsonfly’s winter flights programme include Coventry, Doncaster, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Newcastle and Luton.

EASY jet…. are here in Gran Canaria

The low-cost airline EASY jet, are using the Las Palmas, Gran Canaria airport at last. They are currently only flying to and from Geneva, but the sight of one of their jets on the tarmac has sent air waves around the island. The word is that it will not be long before they have a toe-hold on some flight slots from the UK.
That will have repercussions across the industry, and all the other budget fliers will want to be part of this huge marketplace. More cheap flights will signal another boom in every aspect of the flourishing economy of Gran Canaria.
Watch this space for further developments, and talk to our team in Mogan about your flight dates.

Low Cost Airlines: Jet2.com adds Gran Canaria to its expanding network

Jet 2.com the budget airline started their operations about 25 years ago as a carrier service, but did not start their passenger services until 2001 Jet2 started their low cost division in 2003,since then the company have been slowly expanding their area of operations to many European destinations.

GoldAcre Estates are pleased to announce that Jet2.com are about to commence a service direct to Gran Canaria ( LPA) on October 29th 2007, although initially this will be for only for the winter season which will end in March 2008 at the moment there are no other times available but we hope this proves to be a success so hopefully the route to Gran Canaria will be extended to become a permanent destination on their routing schedules .
Jet 2 will be flying from these U.K airports only. Newcastle, Blackpool, Manchester, Leed’s and Bradford and Belfast. The price’s start from around ₤49.00,(one way).
For further information and to visit Jet2 website simply click on http://www.buyingrancanaria.com/