Second runway at Malaga airport

The first private planes landed yesterday in the second runway at Malaga airport, thus this infrastructure has already begun its work.

There have been a total of 44 aircrafts, of which the first was a private plane and the first commercial flight was of the company Transavia.

These were the first passengers who have arrived at the runway called “12/30″ and which has been placed in service after obtaining the security clearance of Civil Aviation on April 30.

Aena sources explained that these landing manoeuvres do not mean its widespread use, but for now form part of the training of the control tower facing the future commissioning on a wider scale. Thus this space will be used initially on demand, only in moments of maximum saturation of operations during the peak summer season.

The facility was certified by the State Agency for Aviation Safety, which supports compliance with new international standards. With this title, Malaga became the third airport in the country, along with Madrid and Ibiza, which is ahead of the new requirements, which will be mandatory from 2016.

The company, based at Malaga airport, flies from the capital of the Costa del Sol to three peninsular destinations – Barcelona, Madrid and Badajoz – and Melilla and Mallorca.

For the summer months are scheduled flights between the three Balearic Islands. As of June 15 will be available flights between Mallorca and Menorca, with three weekly flights -Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and between Mallorca and Ibiza, with two weekly frequencies.

Simulation plane crash Malaga airport

Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (Aena) has conducted yesterday a simulated plane crash at Malaga airport-Costa del Sol to test the new airfield and the second runway, infrastructure to be put into service shortly.

About 200 people participated in the simulation of the accident for more than three hours, which did not affect the operation of the airport. The aim of the exercise is based on the protection of persons and property that may be affected and the continuation or restoration of activity in the airport.

The simulation, which has been performed without incident, has also involved groups such as Civil Protection, Red Cross, Fire brigade Malaga, emergency services and Local Police among others.

Among the resources of Malaga airport there have been the services of Fire Fighting (SEI), equipped with three vehicles, and medical professionals from Malaga airport-Costa del Sol, with an ICU-mobile.

The operation is part of the Emergency Plan for Malaga airport, and thus complies with the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding emergency planning at airports open to international air traffic and the established legislative framework established.

Volotea, the new ‘low cost’ launched by the founders of Vueling, has started on Wednesday its operations in Spain, market where it will operate 26 routes in 15 airports, with two flights between its base at the airport Marco Polo in Venice with the cities of Bilbao and Alicante.

From this week, Volotea connects its first operational base with four Spanish destinations: Bilbao and Alicante, from Wednesday, Santiago de Compostela (April 26) and Malaga (April 27). As of June 22, it will also join Valencia and Venice, as stated by the airline.

Volotea commenced operations on April 5 joining several domestic destinations in Italy. In the seven weeks of business, which began on March 2, the low cost company has sold 100,000 tickets through its website.

During this summer season, Volotea will operate a total of 76 routes in 53 cities in 10 European countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Croatia, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Portugal.

In Spain, Volotea offers 36 routes, 14 domestic and 22 international, in 15 Spanish cities: Alicante, Bilbao, Granada, Ibiza, Malaga, Menorca, Oviedo, Palma, Santiago de Compostela, Santander, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, Vigo and Zaragoza.