clickair is first LCC to fly from the UK to Vigo, Northern Spain
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New London Gatwick route starts on 21 June. clickair announced it is launching new flights from London Gatwick to Vigo, its sixth Spanish route from the UK. The three times weekly Airbus A320 flights to Vigo will commence on 21-Jun-08 with seats already on sale starting from EUR35 one way including all taxes.
clickair’s decision to commence the service follows the ratification of an agreement between the Foundation Provigo, the city’s Mayor, the head of the Galician Regional Government’s Tourism Authority and clickair. It is anticipated the route will support 60,000 passengers in its first year, taking the number of passengers travelling through Vigo’s expanding international Peinador Airport to 1.5 million passengers during 2008.
Vigo is clickair’s third route from London Gatwick, complementing Seville and Bilbao. The airline also flies from London Heathrow to Valencia and La Corunna, and from Edinburgh to Barcelona.
About clickair
clickair operates a fleet of 24 Airbus A320 aircraft, fitted with 180 one class seats. Its headquarters are at Barcelona El Prat Airport.
clickair began operations with an initial capital of EUR120 million. It started out with three A320s serving Barcelona to Seville, Geneva, Zurich and Lisbon and between Seville and Paris-Orly.
The carrier is backed by five major Spanish companies, each with a 20% share of the equity. These are: Iberia; Nefinsa (parent of Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum); Spanish construction group ACS, through its Cobra affiliate; hotel and resort company Iberostar and Querus Equity, a private equity fund, part of the Agrolimen Group.
© Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 24-Apr-08
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