United Airlines presented this Wednesday its connections for the next summer of 2023. One of the flights that has most affected Andalusia has been the region’s long-awaited connection with one of the busiest destinations in the world: New York . Despite the attempts of the Andalusian capital to achieve this line, finally, Malaga was the gracious with this flight which will take place three times a week from June.

Seville’s link with the tourist capital of the United States was one of the aspirations that the aerodrome of Seville I’ve wanted for years. However, the airport facilities on the Costa del Sol tipped the balance for Malaga in connecting.

United’s announcement sparked a fight politics between Sevillians and Malagasy, but also behind closed doors in the Andalusian capital. While the mayor of Seville criticized the fact that the Junta de Andalucía “manages tourism policy out of political interest against Seville”. The leader of the Sevillian municipal opposition took advantage of it the jump to attack his rival.

[El aeropuerto de Málaga volverá a tener vuelo directo a Nueva York el próximo verano de 2023]

In Malaga they celebrated the arrival of this air link: “The American airline United Airlines announced today a new non-stop seasonal service three times a week between Malaga airport and its hub in New York/Newarkfrom June 2, 2023″.

The Malaga City Council stretched its chest confirming that “he has actively participated in the working group on the promotion of air connectivityTogether with Tourism Costa del Sol, Tourism of the Junta de Andalucía, Turespaña and Aena.

The candidate for mayor of Seville for the PP, José Luis Sanz, directly pointed the finger at his rival, the socialist mayor Antonio Muñoz: “It looks like Malaga are overtaking Sevilla again. Yes blame the mayor, unable to manage anything or attract the flight to New York. Muñoz has been announcing it since 2017, and after 5 years we have another failure and another opportunity that is receding.

However, Tourism Minister Arturo Bernal wanted to reach out to Seville in the face of this latest announcement and posted a message saying that the Council was “still working to integrate new routes from the United States and Canada to other airports in our country such as Seville“.

“This is one more example Malaga knows how to manage effectively and efficiency, while the socialist mayor Muñoz is not able to manage flights or establish negotiation to attract large flights to the city, which Malaga has been able to do,” Sanz pointed out.

In this sense, the PP candidate for mayor pointed out that “the municipal government told the media in May 2017 that contacts had resumed to have a flight with New York, which was communicated several times, until today, There is no direct flight from Seville to New York yet.“.

“Lots of headlines, lots of hypebut the reality is that five years later, Seville still does not have a direct flight to New York due to the nefarious management and indolence of the municipal government,” Sanz asserted.

Faced with the reproaches of the PP candidate for mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, for the resumption of the direct flight between Malaga and New York while the Andalusian capital still does not have said link, the local government of the PSOE defended that he continue to work for the same “with or without the support of the Junta de Andalucía”, which he accuses of acting “against” the city.

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