New Flight Boost for Southern Spain

Low cost carrier Ryanair has just opened up four new routes between Málaga and the UK, making the Costa del Sol accessible to even more potential homebuyers each year.

Ryanair already flies to 10 UK destinations from Málaga and will now add Glasgow Prestwick, London Stansted, Birmingham and Edinburgh to that list. The airline predicts there could be an extra 240,000 passengers a year on these new routes, including an extra 100,000 from Birmingham alone.

Ryanair has reported that just days since announcing the new routes 5,000 tickets have already been sold for Glasgow, 6,000 for Londn Stansted, 5,500 for Edinburgh, and 13,000 for Birmingham.

Spanish Property Insight reports that these routes are good news for the Costa del Sol's struggling property market. Despite the temporary slump in British demand for Spanish property, with buyers turned off by high prices, unattractive developments, and property scandals, Brits are still the Costa del Sol's most important export market.

Greater flight availability from more regional airports should help stimulate demand as the coast cleans up its act and prices begin to go down in response to the current market conditions, offering good value for money.

The new flights will also attract an increasing number of holidaymakers, boosting the buy-to-let market as well.

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