Airlines schedule over 10 million seats for the first time in Malaga to fly this winter

This winter, Malaga Airport will mark a new milestone: it will reach the barrier of ten million seats offered by airlines. Specifically, the companies have scheduled a total of 10.3 million seats for the low season, which begins this weekend with the time change and will last until the end of March, to fly from the Costa del Sol. This was announced by Aena on its website in a statement that also includes the Costa del Sol among the group of Spanish airports that will grow the most this winter after increasing air capacity by 6.1%. This figure represents the largest increase among the major infrastructures and is only surpassed by the increases in Cordoba (due to the new commercial flight operations); Vitoria, with a 37.8% increase; Murcia, with a 29.8% increase; and Badajoz, with a 23.4% increase. It is important to note that compared to Malaga's surge, Aena forecasts declines of 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively, at the airports of Tenerife South and Palma de Mallorca, which have around 7.5 million seats.

Furthermore, the Costa del Sol also stands out as the airport that, after Madrid and Barcelona, has increased its air connectivity the most by adding fourteen new routes out of the 2,485 that have been scheduled across the country. Of these, 1,960 are international and 525 national, which represents 81 more than the same period last year.

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Aena reports that airlines have planned 137.6 million seats, for departures and arrivals, and 788,400 commercial operations for the winter season. This seat offer is 3.5% higher than those scheduled for the same season in 2024 and 3.3% higher in operations. It also emphasizes that by geographical areas, the European market stands out, with more than 77 million seats, a 5.8% increase compared to the previous winter season, and the domestic market, with 44.5 million seats, a 3.8% decrease. "The markets that grow the most percentage-wise are Asia-Pacific, with a growth of 33.3% and more than 1.1 million seats scheduled, and the Middle East with 2.4 million seats, a 28% increase," it details.

6.1%

is the increase in air capacity that airlines have scheduled for the winter season beginning this weekend.

Nationally, it points out that after Spain, with 44.5 million seats offered, the countries where airlines have scheduled the highest number of seats for the winter season are: the United Kingdom, with 17.8 million, a 5.7% increase; Germany, with 10.8 million, a decrease of 2.2%; Italy, with 9.7 million, a 6.4% increase; France, with 6.6 million, a 6.2% increase; and the Netherlands, with 4.2 million seats scheduled, and an increase of 2.2%. "Among the main destinations, those growing the most percentage-wise are China with an increase of 47.6%; Turkey, 33.7%; United Arab Emirates, 32.5%; Brazil, 29.7%; and Poland, 26.7%," Aena specifies.