Dreaming of a trip to Spain? This article will help you get to your dream country cheaply. On the air transportation market there are both eminent companies famous for their high level of service (for which you need to pay extra), as well as budget companies offering their services at very, very reasonable prices. These latter are also called low fires. Often, such low-cost airlines are an independent and independent legal entity. But sometimes it happens that a well-known company opens a subsidiary operating as a low-cost airline. An example is Lufthansa. The German reputable company has a "daughter" under the name "Euroings". And in this article we will consider the question: which airlines fly to Spain? We advise how to get to the Iberian Peninsula cheaper and with fewer transfers.
Direct flight
Of course, if you want to get to the place quickly, you need a direct flight. But are there any airlines flying to Spain from Moscow? Yes, and there are many. If we talk about Russian companies, then we can not fail to mention such a leader of domestic civil aviation as Aeroflot. On board his ships you can reach Madrid, Alicante and Barcelona. Other Russian airlines are not far behind Aeroflot. You can always choose a company to travel directly to the cities of Spain by direct flight. So, Transaero flies to Madrid, Barcelona, Tenerife, Malaga, Ibiza, Alicante. Airliners of such companies of the Russian Federation as Ural Airlines, Russia, Siberia, VIM Airlines are also sent to cities in Spain. But which of these firms can be called low-cost? Unfortunately, the budget segment of air travel in Russia is not yet sufficiently developed. The only domestic low-cost airline that operates direct flights between Moscow and Spain is Pobeda Airlines. She is a subsidiary of Aeroflot. From the capital of the Russian Federation, in the direction we are interested in, the liners depart from Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports.
Direct flights. Other airlines flying to Spain from Russia
From the second half of spring until the end of September, the choice of carriers for the traveler increases. Indeed, in the warm season, not only from Moscow, but also from other cities of Russia, liners of Spanish airlines depart to the resorts of the Iberian Peninsula. And the first to mention is Air Europe. It is the third largest airline in Spain. Air Europe delivers its passengers to Barcelona from Moscow, Mineralnye Vody, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk, Krasnodar, Perm, Belgorod and Rostov-on-Don. And the "number one" in the sky of Spain is the Iberia airline. The geography of her flights, including from Russia, is very wide. On board Iberia liners from Moscow you can get to Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia. And with a change in the capital of Spain, you can travel around the world. The company’s liners make transatlantic flights, reaching New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Salvador, Mexico City, Havana, Panama, Puerto Rico, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro and other cities of the New World.
Low cost airlines in Spain. Vueling
The view that traveling with low-cost airlines is dangerous is a myth. Yes, the airliners run back and forth in the airbus mode, but the machines that make the flight are proven and reliable, and the flight crew is experienced. Of course, the quality of passenger service on board is lower than in expensive airlines. They don’t feed there, and the requirements for luggage weight in low-cost airlines are tougher. But the Spanish airline Vueling is considered one of the best in quality of service among European low-cost carriers. The average age of its air fleet is six and a half years. Vueling sends its liners from the base airport - Barcelona - to 165 destinations. You can fly to the capital of Catalonia from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Samara, Kaliningrad and Krasnodar. With “Vueling” it is easy to make travel even cheaper. The airline is one of the few low-cost airlines that offer their customers "accumulate bonus points", which can then be exchanged for a ticket.
Volotea
Volotea was founded in 2012 as a regional carrier. However, very soon she began to make regular flights on a budget basis and outside of Spain. At the moment, Volotea operates flights in seventy-two directions. But, unfortunately, Russia does not belong to them. But on board this low-cost airline in Spain, you can board in Moldova. Volotea liners connect the base hub, Barcelona, with Malta, Albania, Israel, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Greece and Croatia.
Iberia express
Already one name of the company shows that this low-cost airline is a subsidiary of such a famous Spanish airline as Iberia. Together with his “mother”, he is based at Madrid Barajas Airport. After the global economic crisis, low-cost airlines entered the air transportation market. And by 2010, they had gained great popularity among travelers. Therefore, Iberia opened a budget office. Iberia Express began flying since 2012. At first it was cheap flights within the country. Gradually, the geography of low-cost flights expanded. Now, Iberia Express operates regular flights to Amsterdam, Reykjavik, Athens, Paris, Lyon, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hanover, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen and Dublin. In Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg), its liners carry out only charter seasonal flights.
Other low-cost flights departing for Spain
From Russia, the Iberian Peninsula can also be reached with transfers. You just need to independently combine your travel map to make it cheaper and as short as possible. We have already considered the Spanish airlines flying to the country from Russia. But they do not end with a list of European low-cost airlines. You can make a flight plan with a transfer in Germany or Austria. In this case, you should use the services of such low cost airlines as JemanWings, Air Berlin, WizzAir. RyanAir, an Irish low-cost airline, offers docking ports in many European countries. It makes sense to first get out of Russia to Riga or Tallinn. From there, another cheap airline, Baltic Air, flies to Spain.
Tips for low-cost passengers
Low-cost carriers try to squeeze out excess money from their customers by introducing strict baggage standards. The fee for the advantage really bites and can sometimes be higher than the price of the ticket. Low-cost airlines are often late, as such companies are secondary for service airports, and are the first to miss regular flights to the runway. If you travel with a change, but with one airline in Spain, such a delay will not be critical for you. But if you entrusted your trip to various low-cost airlines (for example, Baltic Air and Ceman Wings), you need to lay a large pocket between connecting flights. In case of delay, money for a ticket purchased from a low-cost airline will not be returned.