Overview
- Volotea announced on Monday that it will operate two daily Barcelona–Madrid flights from 27 November through 31 March and has put tickets on sale.
- The airline will launch a Madrid–Córdoba link from 4 December with four weekly roundtrips running at least until 26 March and offering more than 18,000 seats.
- To run the new schedule Volotea will base two 180-seat aircraft at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and add routes from Madrid to Granada, A Coruña and other cities.
- The expansion comes while Volotea is in preconcurso de acreedores after a 29 September court filing, citing a roughly €150 million fuel-cost hit and plans to cut about 25% of its fleet as it seeks a creditor deal before December.
- Industry and regional data show short-term air capacity has risen after recent AVE accidents but regulators warn planes cannot fully absorb high-speed rail volumes and smaller airports such as Córdoba are seeing sharp passenger growth.