Clickair, Spain’s newest airline, connects Helsinki and Barcelona with prices starting at 50€

Barcelona/Helsinki (Date) – clickair, Spain’s newest airline, continues its rapid route expansion throughout Europe with the addition of nine new destinations starting by May, seven of them from Barcelona and two from Seville.

The company will also make on its first foray into Scandinavia with a flight from Barcelona to the Finnish capital of Helsinki.

clickair, has from May 2 inaugurated a new connection Barcelona - Helsinki with four weekly flights. From Helsinki to Barcelona the departure time is 6.10 am and from Barcelona to Helsinki the arrival time is at 5.25 am. Moreover, the company offers fares as low as 50€, one way, all taxes included.

clickair is Europe’s youngest airline. The strategy of the company is to give the traveller the opportunity to “fly smart”.

Indeed on top of offering competitive prices as a low cost airline, it also allows to fly to a wide range of destinations with a very good level of services.

“We are delighted to add this new flight to our list of destinations”, said clickair CEO Alex Cruz. “We are very excited about connecting our countries and proud to offer all kinds of travellers –businesspeople, tourists and students alike—a product they can tailor to their needs and cross Europe in both directions to make links closer.

clickair started operating on October 1 2006 with three 180-seat Airbus A-320 jets. The fleet currently has grown to 14 aircraft of the same model and will reach 23 by the end of the year. In 2008, the airline expects to fly 70 routes to 55 destinations in Spain, the British Isles, Europe and North Africa, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. The airline is owned, each with a 20% stake, by Iberia Airlines of Spain and four well know Spanish financial and industrial groups: Quercus Equity, Nefinsa, Iberostar and Cobra.

For more information:

prensa@clickair.com
Edificio Muntadas-B, 3º
C/ Solsonés 20 - Parque Empresarial Mas Blau
E-08820, El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona)
Tfno.: (+34) 933 784 400