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'Budget' short-haul flights to start operating from Gatwick to Alicante-Elche Airport with three Airbus aircraft
Alicante-Elche Airport is one of the initial routes in Spain included in British Airways' 'low cost' schedule, which takes flight from March 2022 with tickets already on sale.
The new route will compete directly with Ryanair, the current leading airline at the provincial airport, which this week revealed its own plans to maintain its position.
Britiths Airways has revealed that destinations in its 'low-cost' routes to Spain also include Madrid, Sevilla, Tenerife, Palma, Mahon, Ibiza and Las Palmas.
Short-haul flights will begin operating from Gatwick at the end of March, with three Airbus short-haul aircraft initially, increasing the fleet to 18 aircraft by the end of May.
And according to the airline, despite the 'budget prices', customers will receive the "same level of service as British Airways provides on other routes".
The UK flag carrier currently flies between Alicante and Heathrow and has transported 36,711 passengers so far this year.
However, Gatwick Airport, half an hour by train from London, is the airport that moves the most passengers to and from the Costa Blanca, reaching almost one million in 2019.
But as with the whole of the aviation sector, figures slumped this year to 151,653 until November.
"The creation of a new British Airways short haul organisation means Gatwick customers will benefit from access to a premium service from the UK's flag carrier at competitive prices," said British Airways chairman and chief executive Sean Doyle.
Image: Aeropuerto Alicante-Elche Facebook
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