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Anna Ellis IN fantastic news for Cos ta Blanca tourism, the opening of new air routes continues at Ali canteElche Miguel Her nandez airport. The airline easyJet has announced that from the spring of next year, it will have a new base in Ali cante. This new base will in crease the number of seats offered in the province by 16 per cent compared to this sum mer, as three new A320 family aircraft will be in corporated. easyJet’s managing di rector for Southern Eu rope, Javier Gandara, highlighted that this will allow the creation of around 100 jobs and said that he was “proud to announce a seasonal base in Spain, a market
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BOOSTING TOURISM: Even more seats for holidaymakers.
in which we continue to grow, boosting tourism and creating jobs. “Alicante is a very at tractive destination for our customers. Between 2015 and 2019 we have seen capacity on routes to/from Alicante grow by
6 per cent, so we see great potential to expand our operations in the country,” Javier con firmed. He also stated that “operating with our own base allows us to im prove connectivity to and
from this region accord ing to the most popular flows, bringing Alicante residents closer to more European cities of refer ence and, at the same time, positioning Ali cante on the internation al air and tourist map.”
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