VuelingIAG group company, program incorporate 5 aircraft by the summer of 2025 and an increase of more than 1 million seats in Spain to national and international destinations, which represents 6% more seats offered compared to the previous year and reaching 27.2 million seats throughout the network.
Of the 5 new aircraft, 3 will be based at Barcelona airport, from where existing routes will be reinforced and opportunities to international destinations will be explored, and the other two aircraft will be destined for other national airports to reinforce Spain’s domestic and international connectivity. reports this Thursday in a statement.
Vueling has focused the increase in frequencies on 105 key routes for the next summer season, “within the framework of its strategy to consolidate the company’s strategic corridors in Spain and Europe.”
At Barcelona airport, Vueling will continue to be “a key player in connectivity” and has scheduled an increase in the number of seats of 9.1% for the summer, reaching 16 million, connecting the city of Barcelona with more than 90 destinations, of which 70 will be international and more than 20 national.
In this way, Vueling foresees a growth in seats offered of 13.5% on international routes from Barcelona and 3% on routes to the domestic market.
Connection with the islands
The increase in seats offered reinforces the connections between the Peninsula and the islandswith 30.9% more seats between the Peninsula and the Canary Islands, and 7.1% more in the connection between Barcelona and the Balearic Islands, and also from Barcelona, reinforces its operations to the Canary Islands by offering 20% more of seats for the summer season.
In it Santiago airport will add 13% of seatsthanks to the new connections with London and the reinforcement of connections with the Peninsula, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands; The airline launches the connection between London-Heathrow and Santiago de Compostela, which will have 7 weekly frequencies and which is added to the connection with London-Gatwick, which will have 5 frequencies each week.
Vueling will also add connectivity from the Santiago airport with 3 more weekly frequencies in the connection of this airport with Palma; 5 with Barcelona and Las Palmas; and 4 more frequencies in the connection with Tenerife North.
This summer, Bilbao airport will incorporate the connection with London-Heathrow, which will have 7 weekly frequencies and which is in addition to the 21 frequencies per week with London-Gatwick airport.
New route from Santander
Likewise, Vueling will launch a new route from Santander during the peak season this summer (between mid-June and the beginning of September) that will link the Cantabrian city with Ibiza with 2 weekly frequencies, and maintains the connection of Santander with Barcelona and Palma.
Vueling “consolidates itself as a key airline in the connection between Spain and the United Kingdom”, increasing its offer of seats for the summer by 16%; it will have 13% more seats between Spain and Italy; 19% more between Spain and Portugal or 17% more between Spain and the Netherlands.
“This summer’s schedule reflects our ambition to be leaders in strategic airports and key routes in the national market and also in connectivity with Europe,” said Vueling’s Director of Network and Strategy, Jordi Pla.
In total, according to Aena data, The airline transported 33 million passengers in 2024 from or to national airports, 15.25 million of which within the domestic market, “consolidating its leadership in passenger air transport in Spain.”
In Barcelona, Vueling transported 21.9 million passengers on the more than 133,000 flights operated in Barcelona and operated more than 223,000 flights to 31 countries throughout its network.
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