Iberia Express offers new Christmas flights to the Canary Islands from Manchester

Spanish low-cost airline, Iberia Express, has strengthened its winter program with the incorporation of direct routes this Christmas from Manchester Airport to the Canary Islands.

The airline will offer flights over the Christmas period to Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, as well as the Spanish capital, Madrid, from Manchester Airport. This is the first time the airline will operate direct flights that connect the British market with the Canary Islands. At time of publication, travellers entering the UK from the Canary Islands are not required to quarantine on arrival.

Evandro Vianna, Chief Commercial Officer at Iberia Express, said:

Here at Iberia Express we are committed to the recovery of tourism. As the holiday season begins, we believe that it is important to support connectivity by strengthening our flight program with new routes and more frequencies that allow our clients to reach their preferred destinations. The Canary Islands is one of the most popular destinations during these dates, and because of this, we have opted to operate these new routes, totalling to 16 flights and 2,800 seats at our client´s disposition.”

Departures from Manchester Airport are scheduled for December 26^th at 11:30 to Gran Canaria and December 27^th at 10:45 to Lanzarote, with a return journey on the 2^nd and 3^rd of January respectively.

Iberia Express will also connect Manchester to Madrid with flights arriving from the Spanish capital on December 26^th and 27^th, and departing from Manchester Airport on January 2^nd and 3^rd.

As the Iberia Group’s low-cost airline, Iberia Express operates short and medium-haul routes, which serve not only to bolster the long-haul network of its parent company, Iberia, but also to compete effectively in the low-cost airline sector in its own right.

In 2019 Iberia Express was recognised for the sixth consecutive year as the most punctual low-cost airline in Europe, according to FlightStats, after only being established by as a subsidiary of the Spanish flag carrier in 2012.