Spain's largest low fare airline, clickair has started its latest route connecting London Gatwick and Vigo in northern Spain.  Most notably, this is the first time there have been direct flights from the UK to Spain's Pontevedra province in South Galicia.  The first flight of the brand new service got off with a good start on 21st June. The airline operates three times weekly services in the route on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, employing Airbus A320 for this purpose.
 
For more than a year, clickair worked in association with the Foundation Provigo to study the need and desirability of this particular link to London.  It is said that the route will transport not less than 60,000 passengers in its first year alone. This number shall go up to 1.5 million passengers travelling through Vigo's international Peinador Airport in 2008. This was revealed by a statistics by the Spanish Airports and Air Traffic authority AENA. 
 
In the above said connection, a significant investment has been made to improve the infrastructure of Peinador Airport by AENA to prepare it for the start of the service. Vigo, the largest city in Galicia has a population of 300,000, and attracts ever-increasing number of business travelers and tourists year after year. The area is highly popular for its traditional shipbuilding and fisheries activity. Over and above, the destination also boasts of a rich history and culture that dates earlier than the Roman Conquest. The cosmopolitan outlook and the beautiful beaches of the region are highly interesting.