Comments on: Granada grounded by Ryanair cutbacks

By: Ian Banks

Ian Banks — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:24:59 +0000

Have you noticed Ryanair are still flying out of Granada to Bologna and Milan. Makes you think their excuse that they are owed money is just a cover.

Miguel, tell your family to catch the bus, I did it a couple of weeks ago and it can be done Malaga airport to Granada for aroumd 20 Euros each and takes about one & a half hours. I have done a web page with a dummies guide of the trip from Malaga airport to Moraleda, very easy and the same bus goes on into Granada. http://www.gonetospain.co.uk/bus

By: Miguel Mendia

Miguel Mendia — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:56:20 +0000

Mr White, your comments are totally unjustified. Many of the Brits who fly over to Spain wouldn’t bother flying into Granada anyway! especially if they are spending time at the Costa’s, they would fly to Alicante or Malaga. As for our family, who live in close proximity to Granada, its a major letdown for us. We only bought our house in this region because the airport was close to us, now we have to travel hours and hours to Alicante, Murcia or Malaga. When my wife’s family come over to visit us it is nearly a day wasted in the car. It was also ideal for me visiting my sister in Madrid, not to mention all the lost revenue of people who visited the Sierra Nevada, or The Alhambra. I can only hope that another airline will see the potential this exit by Ryanair holds and commence flights soon, benefitting everyone in the process.

By: Justin R

Justin R — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:31:52 +0000

Yes, all the time. I have been flying between Jerez and London regularly for the last 5 years and have never once found a cheaper return fare from XRY to any London airport via Madrid.
Usually the only competitive alternative (including the train fare) is from Sevilla, also on Ryanair. Sometimes Vueling comes in under, but rarely.

By the way, the free baggage allowance on Iberia from Granada to London is 23kg, not 30…

By: Pedro Santamaria Grant

Pedro Santamaria Grant — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:52:16 +0000

My last flight to london I decided to compare the cost of Ryan air with a real flight from Iberia Granada via Madrid to Heathrow. The return fare in july last year was 155€ which was actually cheaper than Ryanair on the return leg. You also get 30 Kilos of baggage and free drinks. Why does anyone fly with these con men.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:58:06 +0000

This is an own goal for someone. There are over 30million tourists to Andalucia every year, although mostly looking for the Sun, Sea & Sangria. I believe well over 2million of those visit Granada. Whilst Ryanair was running into Granada many will have come and stayed at least one night and seen the sights. With a proper tour of the Alhambra taking 3-4 hours if this is jammed in between and hour or two of travel to/from then they will not be staying to see the rest of the tourism spots. Same goes for those who ski on the Sierra Nevada. The university has a huge reputation and many non-Spanish attending. The language schools have residential courses. The Parque de Sciences is also a major attraction.
Switching off flights – irrespective of who’s fault it is is bad for those who started them and also those who live in the area. The local economy is based around visitors coming and staying for a few days or weeks.
There used to be Monarch but they were frozen out by the predatory pricing of Ryanair. Opening up Ciudad Real, a dustcropping strip in the middle of nowhere with nothing there to support it seems to be a fit of pique.
Hopefully someone else will see sense but in the meantime its either travel to Malaga/Murcia/Seville/Madrid and catch something else but that could add another day at each end of the journey – just like it did in the UK when we only had Heathrow and Gatwick.

By: Terence Wilson

Terence Wilson — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:12:32 +0000

Has anyone contacted Easyjet about flights into Granada airport?

By: Richard MacDonald

Richard MacDonald — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:13:41 +0000

It is the arrogant mindedness of people like Mr White who give the rest of the Brits a bad name. I understand that you may be a lonely old person who does not drink, has no family or friends who may want to visit you and spends all day and night sat in your little house on your own. Other people however bought a house in rural Spain to be with the local people, drink with local people and also enjoy the area with our family and friends. The main reason people are complaining about the loss of Ryanair to Granada is that in my case it now takes a hour and a half to get from the airport to my house not how much it cost. Also it is further for my family and friends to come to visit me.
You seem to imply that the local Spanish people are against the Brits coming to the villages, spending money in the local shops and bars and paying taxes which are then spent in the local communities, I would like to assure you that in the majority of cases you are totally and utterly wrong.

Spain is a beautiful country that deserves to be enjoyed by everyone and by the cessation on flights from the UK to Granada this has only made it possible for less people to see what real Spain we all love is all about.

By: VERNON WHITE

VERNON WHITE — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:53:55 +0000

I think its great , keeps the lowlife with their squawking brats and drunks for kids away from Granada and its lovely villages, if more places were difficult to get to they would be protected from the hordes of naffs that descend on the Sol and Blanca year after year , leave the inland Spain to the Spanish and the others who love Spain, its customs , its people and the natural beauty of the countryside !
Easy flights means all that will go , along the way of the runed and vile coastlnes !!Best thing naff RYANAIR ever did for Granada , so all you boring old Brits who whinge that you can`t get to your holiday shacks cheaply bugger off to the coast , thats if you want cheap all your life !!

By: Paul Wright

Paul Wright — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:42:35 +0000

Headlines should tell the truth.Why has Granada been grounded? Just because Ryanair has pulled out it is not the end of the world.As a matter of interest fares are cheaper to Malaga from Stansted then they were to Granada.

By: adrian

adrian — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:19:40 +0000

Another good economic move for Spain … Granada, like Jerez, probably didn’t want the Brits anyway! Or their money!!