Jet2.com will connect Malaga with Gatwick next year

Jet2.com, which is the fifth largest airline by passenger volume at Malaga Airport and the third busiest in terms of traveler movement with the United Kingdom, will expand its presence on the Costa del Sol next year. The company announces that it will open an operations base at Gatwick Airport in 2026, which will connect with eleven Spanish destinations, including Malaga.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, states that "this is a fantastic opportunity to expand our range of options from the UK to Spain and also to consolidate ourselves as the leading tour operator between the UK and the Canary and Balearic Islands." He highlights that London gathers a huge number of potential travelers to Spain and that "now we are going to offer flights from three of its airports, also providing the possibility to visit the capital of England from Spain in a more flexible and affordable way."

Specifically, from Malaga they have scheduled four flights a week on this new route: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. They will also fly from Fuerteventura; Gran Canaria; Lanzarote; Tenerife-South; Ibiza; Mallorca; Menorca; Alicante; Girona, and Reus.

This airline kept the Costa del Sol connected this past summer with direct flights from Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Nottingham, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Belfast.