The Granada-Jaén Airport begins to take off from this week after the hardest of the covid. Vueling resumes from this Monday the flights between Granada and Mallorca and between Granada and Tenerife. Also, this Tuesday too the links with Gran Canaria begin.
The arrival of the summer season has encouraged the Vueling company to resume its links from the Granada-Jaén Airport. To flights with Mallorca, Tenerife and Gran Canaria direct links with Menorca will join on June 27; and since July 3, with Bilbao.
Daily flights with Madrid and Barcelona will be reactivated by this company and Iberia as demand improves., during the summer. However, EasyJet has not yet confirmed any direct flights with Granada that it had active (Berlin, Naples, Milan, Bordeaux and Nantes) before the pandemic.
Vueling will link Granada with Mallorca every day of the week. Links with Tenerife are scheduled Monday and Thursday; with Gran Canaria, Tuesday and Thursday; and with Bilbao, in principle, Saturdays and Tuesdays.
The president of the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism Companies of the province, has assured this Editorial Office that the arrival of more flights is good news that encourages the sector for the summer. Gregorio García also considers it essential that this Monday the health passport that will open international tourism has come into force. All that remains is, says the president of the Granada hotel and catering industry, that the AVE increases frequencies to improve the offer.
foreign tourism
The Costa Tropical has received this Monday the first important group of foreign tourists of the season. The Playa Cálida hotel in Almuñécar has received a group of Polish tourists.
The hotel opened on Friday and three days later it has received 40 tourists from Poland. The director Loli Cifuentes has shown in ‘Hoy por Hoy’ her joy just as the group entered the door. After such a tough year, the director trusts that this summer the citizens will really want to go on vacation.
Operation Crossing the Strait
The President of the Port of Motril, José García Fuentes, An important setback for the province’s economy, the Moroccan government’s decision to exclude Spanish ports from Operation Paso del Estrecho.
In ‘Hoy por Hoy’, García Fuentes has assured that the suspension of the OPE, which would have to begin on June 15, It is an error due to the amount of time wasted in carrying out this operation from other areas such as Italy or France, and it shows uncertainty in the recovery of the lines.
This decision also affects the activity of businesses near the port. The leader of the Hostal Puerto Beach, Marien García, has assured that if there were OPE, the occupancy of the hostels would increase and the hiring of personnel would triple.
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