Spain expands its aerial map in 2027: new routes and more flights
European and American airlines debut direct links and maintain flights outside the summer season
In 2027, the aerial map will add connections that bring Spain closer to new source markets, while several routes inaugurated in 2026 will extend their activity and others will expand seats or flights. Included below are some of the updates:
EUROPE
easyJet is to add several connections with Spain in summer 2027. From Girona, it will launch flights to Liverpool on 28 March and to London Gatwick on 3 June. The airline will also open routes between Murcia and Liverpool (29 March), Bilbao and Edinburgh (30 March), Barcelona and Aberdeen (from 31 March), Palma de Mallorca and Aberdeen (3 May) and Málaga and Biarritz (7 May). Transavia will resume the connection between Reus and Amsterdam in March, which will operate from 30 March to 30 October. The company will extend the schedule of the Palma de Mallorca-Lyon route, which will continue until the end of March with two weekly flights. Jet2 will bring forward the start of the season between London Luton and Girona to 2 May. In April, it will also expand its operations to Girona from East Midlands and to Reus from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool. On existing routes, Jet2 will add operational weeks between Leeds Bradford and Almería and between Manchester and Menorca, as well as increasing services between Leeds Bradford and Palma de Mallorca. Moreover, this company will launch the London Luton-Málaga connection, with three weekly flights between 21 May and 29 October. TUI will add new connections to Málaga from Düsseldorf and Hannover during the summer months, linking Santiago de Compostela, Seville and Valencia with London Gatwick. This company plans to increase its capacity to Tenerife South from Germany and strengthen connections from Belgium to Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca and Alicante. In its Nordic schedule, TUI Nordic will also maintain connections to Fuerteventura from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo.
Air Europa restored its Madrid-Düsseldorf connection in November with two daily flights each way, and the route will be fully integrated into its 2027 schedule. Wizz Air has begun connecting Barcelona and Madrid with Brașov (Romania) and Valencia with Chișinău (Moldova). From 14 January, it will link Alicante with the city of Târgu Mureș. Air Serbia will maintain the Seville-Belgrade route during the winter, which began operating on 30 September with two weekly flights. Icelandair will resume direct Madrid-Reykjavik flights on 9 April 2027. There will be two weekly flights up until 17 May, while between 19 May and 25 October this number will increase to three.
THE AMERICAS
United Airlines will be responsible for two of the main new transatlantic routes in 2027. The company will connect New York with Ibiza from 31 May with four weekly flights, and will also connect the Big Apple with Valencia from 2 June with three weekly flights. Operations are subject to government approval. Flights to Palma will resume starting 29 March, and the connection with Newark airport will be daily from 27 May onwards. In summer, the connection with Santiago de Compostela, launched in 2026, will also be resumed. On 27 May, American Airlines will launch a daily route between Charlotte (North Carolina) and Barcelona. Level will strengthen its Barcelona-Lima connection, launched in June 2026. From 15 March 2027, it will add a fourth weekly frequency (every Monday), which will be added to the Wednesday, Friday and Sunday flights. This expansion will be maintained until the end of September, during which time the route will return to three flights per week.
Air Canada began flying to Tenerife South from Toronto and Montreal in October 2026, meaning that both connections will also be present in the winter season. The route from Toronto will initially have two weekly flights, while the connection from Montreal will have one weekly flight during the winter and will subsequently expand its schedule to remain operational throughout 2027 starting next June. The airline will connect Montreal and Seville starting on 8 September with three weekly flights, increasing to four from 1 October. This route will remain operational until 9 January 2028 and will resume on 18 February, with flights scheduled until 4 June of that year. Air Transat has added weekly flights to Gran Canaria from Montreal and Toronto, which will be available until the end of April 2027. In December, Air Europa added the route between Madrid and El Salvador, with three weekly flights, a connection that will continue to be included its programming throughout this year.