Malaga Airport News

Malaga Airport News April 2025: We update you with interesting, summarised information about what´s new this month at the popular Costa del Sol airport.

Malaga airport hits record number of flights during Easter Week

As you may know, at the end of March began officially the high season for flights to Malaga.

Easter this year falls especially late compared to other years. So, the weather is already much more stable and warmer than in March.

And as the statistics show, many people are already taking advantage of this week in particular for a mini-holiday for a break in the sun.

This year, the airport continues to break its own records. It will operate almost 1,200 more flights this Easter than at this time last year.

With almost 5,900 flights scheduled, there will be more than 500 daily flights to and from the Costa del Sol, very similar to the high season in July and August.

To take into account

In other words, it will be a very busy week with a lot of traffic in and around the airport facilities. That means, be prepared that there might be some queues at some points.

And also, always calculate enough time for your flight back, as there might be unexpected delays, such as traffic jams or larger queues at the security check.

Most popular destinations on the Costa del Sol this Easter

In case you are interested in where to the Holidaymakers are heading after leaving the airport. The most popular destinations on the Costa del Sol this Easter according to official data referring to hotel occupancy rate are Benalmádena, Mijas, Frigiliana-Torrox, Benalmádena, the Axarquía region and Marbella.

Start of the summer season for flights to Malaga

As mentioned before, the summer season for flights to Malaga has already kicked off by the end of march. This year at the popular Costa del Sol airport operate 52 airlines connecting the sun coast to 156 destinations.

• You find in our article all cities with flights to Malaga this summer

So, if you are planning to come to the Costa del Sol this season, don’t wait too long, to get flights, hotel and car hire in Malaga at reasonable prices!

Quick overwiew of some popular airlines

Here’s a quick overwiew of some popular airlines.

EasyJet

EasyJet has reopened its base at Malaga-Costa del Sol airport for the summer with an 11% increase in seats compared to the previous summer. This season it operates five new routes. For the first time it is connecting with Marrakech and Rabat, it is also making its debut in Zurich and is adding Leeds Bradford and Newcastle in the United Kingdom.

• Read more here 

Ryanair

Ryanair has already published its summer 2025 schedule for Malaga with 91 routes. The low-cost airline has a base in Malaga, from where it operates with 18 aircraft. New routes this summer are the connections from the Costa del Sol to Brno in Czech Republic, Lübeck and Münster in Germany. Also Teesside in England and Warsaw in Poland.

Vueling

Vueling, the Spanish low-cost airline, is adding an aircraft to its fleet at Malaga airport. There will be an increase in international destinations such as Amsterdam, London-Gatwick and Paris-Orly. It will also increase its domestic connections to the Canary Islands: Tenerife-North, Las Palmas and Fuerteventura.

Finnair

Finnair will offer up to eleven flights per week between Malaga and Helsinki this summer. This is the highest number of frequencies between a Spanish city and the capital of Finland. In addition, here will be up to three daily flights in high season connecting Malaga with Helsinki, Olulu and Rovaniemi.

Jet2.com

This summer Jet2.com has scheduled 70 flights a week to Malagafrom ten British cities. This translates into some 70 flights a week to the Costa del Sol Airport which is 8% more than last summer.

United Airlines

United Airlines will start operating flights between Malaga – Costa del Sol airport and Newark airport in New York from May 2025.