Regional Spanish Airline Plans Flights to Gibraltar

An airline based in the Spanish region of Andalusia, Andalus Lineas Aereas, is planning to restore daily air links between Gibraltar and Madrid as part of an ambitious strategic plan to link regional air routes across Spain and Morocco.

Gibraltar Chronicle reports Andalus will be using an Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft with capacity for 50 persons.

Granada, Barcelona, Seville, Alicante, Palma de Majorca, Gerona, Agadir, Fez, Marrakech and Oudka have already been confirmed as destinations by the company while other destinations in Portugal including Oporto and Lisbon have been mentioned.

A spokesman for the company said negotiations with the Gibraltar Government and the Spanish authorities are at an advanced stage for the Gibraltar route, and expressed confidence that agreement will be reached shortly.

The company has its flight headquarters in Malaga and plans further trans-Atlantic expansion with flights to South America and the Caribbean.