Low-cost airline Easyjet have started operating flights to Granada airport in Andalucia from London Gatwick (February) and Manchester (21 July) this year.
The London Gatwick flights will run three times a week all year round (including low season months) on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; bringing an estimated 20,000 British visitors to Granada next year (according to the Granada Tourism Board), in addition to those arriving on the existing British Airways service from London City airport.
In addition, the airline expects to launch up to 15 new routes from Granada to other European cities this year including Milan (Italy), which is set to start in March.
The city´s tourism board is hoping to use these new flights as a way to attract greater numbers of tourists to the province as a whole. Their message at last week´s World Travel Market (WTM) in London being: 'there is more to Granada than the Alhambra Palace'.