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- Ryanair and easyJet destinations in detail Check out where Ryanair and easyJet fly to in further detail.
Who has better destinations in Spain: easyJet or Ryanair?
- Both Ryanair and easyJet serve Madrid, Malaga and much of the south-east of Spain. However, Ryanair doesn't fly from London to Madrid, while easyJet does.
Update: From November 2008, all Ryanair flights to Valencia are canceled. Read more: Ryanair to Stop Flying to Valencia
- Ryanair covers Andalusia better, with flights to key tourist destinations Seville and Granada.
- easyJet cover the north-east better, with flights to Bilbao and Barcelona. Ryanair, instead, fly to Santander (Bilbao), Barcelona (Reus) and Barcelona (Girona), each of which is an hour from the major city.
Winner: Ryanair for shear scope, but a very notable mention must go to easyJet for covering the popular London-Madrid route and for flying to Barcelona itself.
easyJet Destinations in Spain in full
easyJet flies to 10 destinations in mainland Spain, as well as three destinations in the Balearics and three in Portugal.They are: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Málaga, La Coruña, Asturias (Oviedo), Alicante, Murcia, Almeria, Ibiza, Palma and Mahon (plus Faro, Lisbon and Porto in Portugal).
Importantly, easyJet flies to Barcelona airport itself, and not to lesser airports like Girona and Barcelona, which are actually 100km away.
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Ryanair Destinations in Spain in full
Ryanair flies to 16 destinations in mainland Spain, as well as two destinations in the Canary Islands, one in the Balearics and two in Portugal, making Ryanair one of the best airlines in terms of number of destinations in Spain.They are: Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Almeria, Granada, Seville, Jerez, Malaga, Santiago de Compostela, Valladolid, Santander, Vitoria, Zaragoza, Barcelona (Reus), Barcelona (Girona), Palma Mallorca, Tenerife North, Tenerife South and Fuerteventura.
However, the way Ryanair advertises some of their destinations can be confusing for those not familiar with the geography of Spain. Ryanair describes its flights to Reus and Girona as 'Barcelona (Reus)' and 'Barcelona (Girona)' respectively, despite these airports being 100km from Barcelona.
According to a report on the BBC in August 2007, Ryanair got in trouble for being 'misleading in their claims' in an advertisement about costs and travel times for travel between London and Brussels as they 'hadn't flagged up' the distance between the airports and the city centers and the costs incurred traveling between the two. Watch this BBC video on Ryanair complaints upheld.
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