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lunes, 02 junio 2008
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The company has been presented today in EUROAL 2008 with the presence of tourism authorities Malaga-Nador. This will be the inaugural route later this summer Andalus Airlines, clearly Andalusian capital company that will have its base of operations at the international airport in Malaga.

With an investment of 12 million euros and an expansion plan divided into two phases, the company has made its official presentation this afternoon at the "Palacio de Congresos Torremolinos" before the tour operators and travel agents participating in the 3 rd Tourism Fair, Art Culture and americas, America and Europe 'EUROAL 2008'.

The airline sees the light after an impasse of five years since the first attempt of its implementation. The convergence now of interest of private investors, supported by financial institutions and Andalusian regional government institutions, and the ability to have a professional team solvent have made it possible to complete this project that eventually will employ 100 people initially, and 400 people in five years.

The director general of Andalus Airlines, Fernando Guerrero, accompanied by the director of the company's holdings, Carlos Pereira, has emphasized the feasibility of this project, which comes to implement substantial improvements in the mobility of Andalusia (with more than 10 million) and offer an alternative to flights with a stop in Madrid or Barcelona. Extending from Malaga airport and the incorporation of the province to high-speed network opens new opportunities in operating air routes, hollow next to cover the project-apunto.

Andalus begin their flight operations in late summer 2008, with the route Malaga-Nador. Lisbon, Valencia or Marrakesh are also destinations such as airports in the first phase of operations of this company, with two routes covering 145 aircraft Embree. By the end of the year, joining the fleet of its first Boeing 767-300 ER will enable it to begin its transoceanic routes, primarily Caribbean.

Guerrero explained that the company's strengths lie in its ability to shorten the duration of transoceanic routes with americas Latin 4 and 6 hours with regard to traditional companies to opt for non-stop direct flights at airports in Madrid or Barcelona. This coupled with strong competitiveness in rates the company after exhaustive study of the profitability of the aircraft joined the fleet and added value to the customer will make Andalus concerning the model of the new airline.

A wide representation of Andalusia tourism authorities, including the Minister of Tourism of Andalusia, Luciano Alonso, the chairman of the Tourism Bureau of the Confederation of Employers Tour of Andalusia (CEA), Miguel Sanchez, the chairman of the board of Tourism, Salvador Pendón, and the Mayor of Torremolinos, Pedro Fernandez Montes, wrapped with his presence the official presentation of the company.

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To the counselor, the project undertaken by this private initiative will enable closer distance between two points ahead in the extremely historical and cultural spheres, as is (in the first phase) Andalusia and Morocco. Alonso portend the success of the company, and indicated that "even in times of crisis people do not want to relinquish leisure," he said in allusion to the current withdrawal of the indicators of consumption. For its part, Fernandez Montes referred to the creation of Andalus as a very good news that "favors mainly to tourism" and framed his presentation EUROAL in 2008 as part of the union of growing ties between Europe and America americas.

The 3 rd Fair of Tourism, Art and Culture americas America and Europe meet on Friday the second of four days of the program, The day was presided by the presentation of the new airline, the presence of tour operators from Europe and Latin America gathered in the 'workshop'; presentation of new connections airport, railways and port of Malaga and the signing of the protocol twinning tourist cities Dominican Higüey and Torremolinos.

Fernandez Montes, and the chairman of the Chapter House council of Salvaleón of Higuey, Dominican Republic, Rudy Baez Hidalgo, signed the protocol in the reception room of the council. The agreement aimed at pursuing closer relations, ties of friendship and brotherhood between the two municipalities, which share interests tour, and provides for exchange programs experiences, the establishment of a Working Committee in each of the two cities, for , Through a continuous contact, charting and jointly develop action plans that come, especially those in tourism promotion between the two municipalities as well as the designation of the name of mutual Salvaleón of Higüey and Torremolinos to one of its streets, so Twinning perpetuate this in the collective memory.

 


Opening to the public and drawing travel

EUROAL 2008 is a door the weekend, days in which the public will have special prominence. The organization has provided the lottery daily trips between the assistants and during Saturday and Sunday will take place for the first time the so-called 'Holiday Market' with the opportunity to purchase specially priced vacation packages. The fair opens its doors from 11 am to 8 pm. A total of 61 exhibition booths comprising the supply of the fair, which is supplemented with audio-visual projections to promote multiple destinations in Europe and Latin America.

Peru, Argentina and Buenos Aires Province, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Chile, Colombia, Cuba (Las Terrazas region), Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador and Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala-these last seven gathered under the symbol Ente Tourism Promotion Central (CAT) - form the relationship americas and Caribbean countries represented in America 'EUROAL 2008', either through their bodies and official agencies and through advocacy organizations business. This is the case for hoteliers of COTELCO of Colombia, the Chilean airline Sky Air Lines and hotel groups and Arica-Idatur Caldera-Atacama, the consortium of networks of travel agencies in Peru or Bolivia Bolivien Reisen tour operator Touristik, among others.

In the case of European countries, the fair will feature the presence of national tourism offices in Poland and Slovenia, the Portuguese tour operator Abreu, and Spain will Andalusia, across the public Turismo Andaluz. Egypt will also be represented in this exhibition to promote destinations and establishing trade relations with other neighbouring countries and americas America.
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