Air Europa will strengthen the Malaga-Madrid route with 8,640 extra seats starting from February 3.

Air Europa is already considering extending its reinforcement of flights on the Malaga-Madrid route beyond February 2nd, the date on which the railway connection was expected to resume. Due to the delay in opening this high-speed line, the Spanish company has announced that they will offer an additional 8,640 seats on this route from February 3rd to February 13th. Specifically, the airline has reported that they will add 24 outbound and 24 return flights to the regular schedule.

It is worth remembering that following the Adamuz accident, this company has been increasing its air capacity at Malaga airport to alleviate the severe connectivity issues in the province. Initially, two days after the worst high-speed rail tragedy in Spain, Air Europa decided to add one more flight to the usual operation between Malaga and Madrid. Thus, it went from four frequencies a day, that is, four outbound and four return flights, to five daily flights. However, shortly after, they announced further reinforcements to further improve connectivity between the Costa del Sol and the Spanish capital. Thus, to the already mentioned additional frequency, they added two more flights on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, totaling seven frequencies on each of these days. A reinforcement that soon proved insufficient, which led to another increase in capacity for this route last Wednesday with 10,800 seats. Specifically, they have indicated that they will add thirty frequencies until February 2nd, which means sixty more flights on those dates.

The company insists on continuing to monitor the market to help improve connectivity.