The company makes an important effort to improve the connectivity of the Autonomous City, where it will have eight destinations to the Spanish mainland, Balearic and Canary Islands. Air Nostrum schedules for this first quarter 35% more seats than it had in the same period of 2019.
At the peak of the upcoming summer season Melilla will be connected to Almeria (LEI), Barcelona (BCN), Granada (GRX), Gran Canarias (LPA), Madrid (MAD), Malaga (AGP), Palma de Mallorca (PMI) and Seville (SVQ).
According to the company, in the first quarter of 2022, the company is going to offer a total of 123,048 seats, which represents the aforementioned 35% increase compared to the same period of 2019 when 91,152 seats were put on sale.
Melilla is one of the airports in Spain that has mostly recovered its air traffic during 2021. Specifically, Air Nostrum in the last four months of last year offered 10% more seats than in 2019 and demand grew by 7%.
«Air Nostrum’s commitment to Melilla is clear and forceful. In the first quarter of 2022, we have not only recovered all the operations we had before the pandemic, but the total of our seats offered exceeds by 15% the overall volume of seats that existed in the market in 2019 when there was another company operating. Now the people of Melilla are better connected to the peninsula than they were three years ago», stated Carlos Bertomeu, president of Air Nostrum.
Air Nostrum’s schedule in Melilla
Air Nostrum’s forecast for March of this year is to offer a total of 43,344 seats in 69 weekly frequencies. For August, the peak of the company’s schedules in Melilla, it will have 44,608 seats.
Currently, from Melilla you can fly to Malaga, Madrid, Almeria, Granada, and Seville, then in March Madrid will be added. The three routes operated under Public Service Obligation (OSP) will have a total of 13 weekly frequencies (five with Almeria and Granada and three with Seville). In July, Palma de Mallorca and Gran Canarias will be added and will operate until September.
The company also constantly monitors the market to cover any peak demand that may exist and does not rule out adding any additional destination.
| City | Frequencies | Status | Aircraft |
| Almería (LEI) | 5 weekly flights | Currently operating | ATR 72-600 |
| Barcelona (BCN) | 2 weekly flights | July 23 to Sep 1 | ATR 72-600 |
| Granada (GRX) | 5 weekly flights | Currently operating | ATR 72-600 |
| Gran Canaria (LPA) | 2 weekly flights | July 23 to Sep 1 | ATR 72-600 |
| Madrid (MAD) | 18 – 21 weekly flights | Currently operating | ATR 72-600 |
| Málaga (AGP) | 39 – 43 weekly flights | Currently operating | ATR 72-600 |
| Palma de Mallorca (PMI) | 2 weekly flights | July 26 to Sep 1 | ATR 72-600 |
| Sevilla (SVQ) | 3 weekly flights | Currently operating | ATR 72-600 |
