The tourist sector in Malaga this winter will continue to go without one route between Malaga and London’s Heathrow airport, which is the biggest connection point in Europe for international flights. The airline British Airways is not considering operating this flight again for the moment, which hasn’t been operative since last March, according to the information provided yesterday by the company. The entrepreneurs, and even the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, consider that it is essential that the capital of the Costa del Sol has at least one route to this airport, that connects Europe with the rest of the world. Furthermore, De la Torre has publicly declared that he has urged Iberia, who merged with British Airways, to thoroughly consider this petition as he stated that this destination cannot go without this connection.

The company stated that the flights to Heathrow are not part of the program this winter, that will commence on the 1st of November, that is already for sale in the different marketing channels available. In the new campaign, British Airways reduces the flights from Malaga airport to Gatwick from four, that were operating this summer, to one, but maintain the four weekly connections to London City airport, according to the information provided yesterday by the airline.

It’s worth mentioning that in October last year, this airline had two daily flights from Malaga to Heathrow, double of what was programmed last winter. On the 27th of March, this year, the British airline announced that they would double the daily flights that they were offering between Costa del Sol’s capital and the British capital. However, they were able to increase frequencies, up to four a day, but lost the connection to Heathrow, that operated two daily flights.

Demand

The tourist sector consider that this route is essential for all touristic activities, with a special interest towards incentives, congresses or meetings, that had a perfect connection from this airport to any corner of the world. Furthermore, the professionals on the coast assure that there is enough demand as there are plenty of low cost flights and traditional airlines with London, but none with Heathrow. For those British passengers that travel to Malaga, the terminal at Heathrow is a lot more convenient as it is situated nearer to the British capital and have better ways of transport available, as well as finding in this terminal, the widest range of connection offers to travel to other points of Great Britain.

For this winter, British Airways have decided to reduce the connections from Malaga to London, in relation to the flight offers in Summer, although this means an increase in relation to the winter season last year. In fact, the airline assured that the season that is just about to finish, has gone very well and that the amount of passengers have increased. “The seats on the planes have filled up very well. Malaga is a destination that always responds in a positive way“, they stated.

The company has the tickets for the winter season already on sale, and on the net, you can even purchase the tickets for next summer’s campaign, that will commence in April, in which British Airways for now will go back to the four connections with Gatwick, just like it has been this year.

This city fascinates on one side by the mix of different cultural influences which have shaped the architecture of Malaga. Second, Malaga offers beautiful scenery and sandy beaches.

With your car hire you can not only explore breathtaking cliffs and impressive cave areas but also the beautiful sandy beaches of the Costa del Sol. All this is even more fun if you can get the car you want at a great price.

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The heavy snow falls occurred in northern Europe have caused that many flights were delayed several days, coinciding, sometimes, with special festivities in which the majority of establishments are closed. However, our company is committed from the beginning with all its customers offering the best car hire service in Malaga, which means we’ll be waiting for you at Malaga airport, regardless of the date and time of your arrival.

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The councilor for Tourism in Mijas, Costa del Sol has presented the new web site www.vivemijas.com, an innovative tool to bring to all citizens the various touristic offers of this municipality, where are not only mentioned the traditional interesting spots but as well numerous events during the whole year.

The website is available in English and Spanish and made up with a fresh and dynamic design, that includes the possibility of consulting and downloading the magazine Vive Mijas, of which are distributed 5.000 copies each month. This virtual page will keep growing and incorporate new services and recourses of interest for future Tourists planning to visit Mijas.

In that sense, the councilor underlined the importance of this kind of initiatives, as tourists more often choose their holiday destination in function of Information from Internet instead of resorting to travel agencies.

The concept of Vive Mijas has as well a very good acceptance by the inhabitants of Mijas, as well show the more than 100 petitions for receiving the magazine Vive Mijas in electronic format, making altogether more than 3.000 persons who receive it inside and outside Spain. As a matter of fact, who would like to receive the monthly magazine, can send an email to mailing@vivemijas.com.

The category given by the Junta de Andalucía is one star “but it has nothing to do with a hostel” as pointed out by the chain. In fact, it is an increasingly widespread concept, with a minimalist design and already exists in other Spanish cities such as Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Bilbao, Gerona and more recently Oviedo.

This hotel is aimed predominantly at international clients who already know these establishments. In fact, in Europe there are more than 380 Etap in countries like Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Holland, Switzerland, etc.

Etap Málaga Centre offers customers Internet access via Wi-Fi in the rooms and also has a car park and proposes breakfast with branded products, varied and healthy for only 3.90 Euros.

Etap Hotel is an economy brand of Accor, which operates mainly in Europe and provides customers ‘low cost’, with rooms for one, two or three people. They are usually located near major roads, airports and in city centres.