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LISTED: All the new direct flights to and from Spain in 2024

Airlines such Ryanair, EasyJet and Norwegian are adding a whole host of new flights to and from Spain both this winter and throughout 2024. Here's the full list.

Published: 16 November 2023 16:21 CET
Updated: 19 November 2023 08:18 CET
LISTED: All the new direct flights to and from Spain in 2024
Several new flight routes are launching to and from Spain in 2024. Photo: JOEL SAGET / AFP

New routes to Egypt and Morocco, increased flights between Spain and UK and new schedules to Scandinavia, there are plenty of potential travel plans to get excited about this winter and into 2024. 

EasyJet

EasyJet will be offering five new routes between Spain and the UK next year. These are:

– London Luton to Reus (Catalonia) starting on April 2nd 2024, operating twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer. 

– Manchester to Reus (Catalonia) starting on April 2nd 2024 and operating twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer.

– Southampton to Alicante starting on March 31st 2024 with three flights per week throughout the summer.

– Newcastle to Alicante starting on April 2nd 2024. It will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. 

– Belfast City to Alicante starting on May 2nd 2024 with flights twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. 

Ryanair

– Ryanair will be operating a new route between London airports Gatwick, Luton and Stansted to the Galician city of Vigo. Details and start dates haven’t been released yet. 

– There will also be increased frequency on Ryanair routes between the UK and Alicante. 

READ ALSO – EXPLAINED: The big changes for train travel across Europe in 2024 

Norwegian

Norwegian will add 3.4 million seats to and from Spain for the summer season, 21 percent more than the 2.8 million places offered in the summer of 2023.

– Palma de Mallorca to the Swedish cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg with three flights a week starting in April and May 2024 respectively.

– Palma de Mallorca to Vaxjo (Sweden) starting in May 2024.

– Palma de Mallorca to the Danish cities of Aarhus and Billund (Denmark) twice a week starting in May 2024. 

– Palma de Mallorca and Sadefjord Torp (Norway) will operate once a week starting in May 2024.

– Alicante to Aarhus and Billund (Denmark) twice a week starting in March and June 2024, respectively

– Alicante to Munich (Germany) twice a week starting in April 2024

– Alicante to Vaxjo (Sweden) twice a week starting in May 2024.

– Málaga to Arhus and Billund (Denmark) three times per week starting in April 2024.

– Málaga to Munich (Germany) three times per week starting on June 22nd 2024.

– Barcelona to Sandefjord Torp (Norway) twice a week starting June 5th 2024.

– Bilbao to Copenhagen (Denmark) twice a week from June 2nd 2024.

– Valencia to Copenhagen (Denmark) twice a week from April 5th 2024.

American Airlines

– Barcelona to Dallas, Texas (USA) starting in June 2024.

United Airlines 

United will also be resuming some of its routes between Spain and the US in winter and spring 2024. These include:

– Málaga to New York (Newark) starting on May 2nd 2024.  

– Barcelona to Washington Dulles starting on February 15th 2024. 

READ ALSO – EXPLAINED: Spain’s new low-cost Iryo train between Barcelona and Seville

Iberia Express

– Madrid to Cairo (Egypt) three times per week. Flights began on  October 30th 2023. 

– Madrid to Marrakech (Morocco) every other day of the week two with two flights per day. Flights began on October 29th 2023. 

Increase flights to nine per week between Madrid and Dublin (Ireland). 

And increase in routes between Madrid and Manchester with 4 round trips per week.

Increased flights between:

– Madrid and Balearic Islands

– Madrid and the Canary Islands

Singapore Airlines

If you’re looking to go further afield next year then Singapore Airlines will be re-launching its route between Barcelona and Singapore that was operating before the pandemic. It will run twice a week between June and October 2024. 

LEVEL

– Barcelona to Miami, Florida (USA) starting on March 31st 2024 with three flights per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Eurowings

Eurowings has already relaunched its routes between the Canary and Balearic Islands and Germany in the 2023/2024 winter season. 

– Gran Canaria to Nuremburg (Germany) 

– Palma de Mallorca to Nuremburg (Germany) 

– Gran Canaria to Hanover (Germany) 

– Palma de Mallorca to Hanover (Germany) 

– Tenerife to Hanover (Germany) 

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TRAIN TRAVEL

The new compensation rules for train delays and cancellations with Spain’s Renfe

Renfe, Spain’s national rail company, has changed the way in which you can get compensation for delays, as well as the amount of refund you are entitled to.

Published: 14 June 2024 09:38 CEST
The new compensation rules for train delays and cancellations with Spain's Renfe

This changes will apply to Ave, Avlo, Alvia, Euromed and Intercity trains on journeys from July 1st.

This decision comes after a meeting of the company’s Board of Directors who wanted to introduce a similar commitment to punctuality as other competing companies such as Ouigo and Iryo.

But this is not necessarily good news, because now customers will only receive compensation when the delay times are greater and the amounts will be less. 

For example, up until now if an AVE train was delayed 30 minutes you would receive a 100 percent refund, now it’s only if the delay exceeds 90 minutes, a whole hour and a half delay.

What are the new refund amounts and how long do the delays have to be?

Here’s a full breakdown of the new amounts:

Until now, 50 percent was refunded for delays of more than 15 minutes and 100 percent if they were more than 30 minutes.

Now the refunds will be 50 percent for delays of more than 60 minutes and 100 percent for those that exceed 90 minutes.

This means for example that if your train is now delayed up to 45 minutes, you won’t receive any compensation from Renfe at all.

How will the new refund system work?

You will still be able to get your refund in cash or on your card, as always, but there are now other options too including greater refund amounts, depending on what you choose. These are:

  • A refund of 200 percent of the amount depending on the delay time via a new points system managed through the Más Renfe card ‘Renfecitos’. 
  • Compensation as a voucher to buy another ticket. In this case, the refund will be 150 percent of the amount for both delays of 60 minutes and those greater than 90 minutes.

If you choose the refund of the amount on your bank card, you can request it at renfe.com or at the station ticket offices and travel agencies.

If you choose the refund voucher, you can only get it online. In this case you have a maximum of three months from the date of travel to request compensation and a maximum of six months from when you have obtained the discount code to purchase the new ticket.

If you choose to be refunded with Renfe Points, you must also do this online. This option is only available for tickets purchased with a credit/debit card or cash. The points will be credited directly to your account and you have a maximum of three months from the date of travel to request compensation and a maximum of three years to use the points.

To claim delays on Avlo trains, you can do this through the automatic compensation system at www.avlorenfe.com or www.renfe.com. Compensation is paid through the same payment method as you used to purchase your ticket. You will have a maximum period of three months from the date of the trip to request it.

For compensation for delays on integrated tickets, you can apply for compensation at points of sale and customer service at the stations.

In 2023 Renfe paid out €42 million to its customers in compensation for delays. An amount that could have risen to almost €70 million if all affected users had requested compensation.

With this change, Renfe seeks to reduce the amount.

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