The Sun God
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I had a horror show with Vueling leaving IBZ in 2019, but in fairness they've been decent since then, no issues at all
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I had a horror show with Vueling leaving IBZ in 2019, but in fairness they've been decent since then, no issues at all
Mondo99
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The last flight I got with Vueling - they told us when we landed that they hadn't actually loaded any bags on and would send them in a couple of days. Which was nice of them.
2H76
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I've just written my June holiday off, hotel prices are just eye-watering, £155/nt in the Maritimo ffs and that's one of the cheaper ones?? I'll drop that holiday and come in Sept/Oct instead, maybe have a look late April/early May; see what's available.
If no-one's booking maybe the prices will fall a bit??
If no-one's booking maybe the prices will fall a bit??
Avril
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So...managed to get cheapish flights with Jet2, had to compromise on flight times but it means we've managed to book Ibiza Rocks 
we had free cancellation with Easyjet. It'll save money overall what with having venue view room!
Edit: Just thought I'd add flights are from Bristol and Jet2 had a 20% off offer with a MyJet2 account
we had free cancellation with Easyjet. It'll save money overall what with having venue view room!Edit: Just thought I'd add flights are from Bristol and Jet2 had a 20% off offer with a MyJet2 account
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Anselmi K
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Interesting, which airline? I've often wondered why there are so few flights to Ibiza from here in the Nordic countries.
ibiza77
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We fly down in May, maybe with KLM Stockholm-Amsterdam-Ibiza and home with SAS direct flight. Down to Ibz depending on the day price and home on a monday with SAS. This is why I like mondays🏝
Anselmi K
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Nice! I usually fly both ways with KLM, Helsinki-Amsterdam-Ibiza (250€-365€), but I'm interested in other routes too!We fly down in May, maybe with KLM Stockholm-Amsterdam-Ibiza and home with SAS direct flight. Down to Ibz depending on the day price and home on a monday with SAS. This is why I like mondays🏝
Snowy
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Getting to Ibiza from the Nordics (in my case the west coast of Norway) is tough. I've done the Ålesund-Amsterdam-Ibiza route (KLM), the Ålesund-Oslo-Barcelona-Ibiza (Norwegian/Vueling), and will now be doing the Ålesund-Oslo-Munich-Ibiza route (Norwegian/Lufthansa/Discover).
Norwegian are starting up direct flights from Ålesund to Gatwick. This means I get the chance to put myself at the mercy of cheap UK airlines from Gatwick to Ibiza. The problem is that the flights to Gatwick arrive too late in the evening, and I'd have to spend the night there. No one voluntarily spends a night at Gatwick.
There are some direct flight from Ålesund (and nearby Molde) to southern destinations. Funnily enough the direct flights from Ålesund to places like Gran Canaria and Alicante are more expensive than traveling via Oslo to competing/similar places (Valencia and Tenerife). The airlines are doing their utmost to make me take as many flights as possible. I've already had to book more than 25 individual flights this year. Most are cheap flights to and from Oslo - and from there make my getaway abroad.
Norwegian are starting up direct flights from Ålesund to Gatwick. This means I get the chance to put myself at the mercy of cheap UK airlines from Gatwick to Ibiza. The problem is that the flights to Gatwick arrive too late in the evening, and I'd have to spend the night there. No one voluntarily spends a night at Gatwick.
There are some direct flight from Ålesund (and nearby Molde) to southern destinations. Funnily enough the direct flights from Ålesund to places like Gran Canaria and Alicante are more expensive than traveling via Oslo to competing/similar places (Valencia and Tenerife). The airlines are doing their utmost to make me take as many flights as possible. I've already had to book more than 25 individual flights this year. Most are cheap flights to and from Oslo - and from there make my getaway abroad.
Anselmi K
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I was supposed to go from Ibiza to Haugesund for a gig last year, but it was kind of difficult to do just one gig due to the flights. The Nordic countries can be a bit tricky if you plan to operate from somewhere other than the capital.
james-king
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Ibiza direct flights from US could soon be available
Tourism officials working in Ibiza are hoping to soon secure at least one direct flight a week between the two locations
djmag.com
It'd be interesting, but I don't see it happening. NYC is really the only area that could reasonably support a route like that and the demand just isn't there. United does a 3x weekly from EWR to PMI currently and the timing of the route isn't great. Looking at some flights currently booked on the route shows the load factors are pretty low.Ibiza direct flights from US could soon be available
Tourism officials working in Ibiza are hoping to soon secure at least one direct flight a week between the two locations
mr_why
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Why would you say it can’t support it? Once people see Direct Flights it also fuels demand. Also, these days with the data that airlines have, they rarely get these decisions wrong.
Airlines get route decisions wrong all the time. Flights get cut for a variety of reasons - fuel costs/demand/seasonality/economic impacts/etc.
This would be a leisure route only, seasonal only, part time only. Now, find thousands of people willing to pay more for those restrictions and limited routing. With zero business demand or an incredibly strong base of buyers it's hard to justify. On top of that, you can buy a ticket now for 50% less and connect in London, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, etc. and only add a couple hours to your journey.
Ibiza is a niche market at best, and the demand isn't very strong right now, plus there is a ton of economic uncertainty for most Americans. The only way I could really see this working is part of a segmented routing (i.e. JFK - IBZ - MAD/BCN-JFK) for the carrier. But that adds costs/time/etc.
Snowy
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There are direct flights to Ibiza from Oslo, Norway, a region of only 1,5 million people. This is a leisure route, and only during the season/ 8 week school holidays. There are direct flights from Oslo to at least 15 different airports in Spain. Flights to Barcelona and Mallorca are usually ridiculously cheap. Norwegians can also take a flight to Luton or Schiphol and get a cheap flight from there to Ibiza. Yet there's also a more expensive direct flight to Ibiza.
Ibiza is not a typically "Norwegian" destination, like say Malaga, Mallorca and Gran Canaria. It's very niche for Norwegians. I haven't met anyone here who has been there. Yet these flights are put on every year, and they seem to be making money.
lol no. Just no.
The only real market could possibly support a 1/2 time flight status is NYC - which is at > 8+ million people.
Even then, you would be looking at MAYBE half full flights 3 days a week. Here's a mid sept RT cost analysis -
Mid sept outbound/return EWR - PMI (because it exists and IBZ doesn't) in Eco - $1369 (8/9+), . . Same routing, same days etc with BA (on Iberia @9.5/11.5) $914.
99.99% of Americans have literally never heard of Ibiza, and if they have it's in rap/hip hop/other songs. It is NOT a desirable destination when compared with Paris/London/Madrid/Berlin/Barcelona/etc. No American who has never been to Europe is going to randomly pick IBZ over any of those destinations unless they are HEAVY into the party scene (and I specifically mean EDM - gross, I know. but it's just the way it is...). The only Americans coming over are electronic music fans, trying to understand what it USED to be like. Or, trying to imprint their EDM culture on IBZ (gross - I know...)
"There are direct flights to Ibiza from Oslo, Norway, a region of only 1,5 million people. This is a leisure route, and only during the season/ 8 week school holidays. There are direct flights from Oslo to at least 15 different airports in Spain. Flights to Barcelona and Mallorca are usually ridiculously cheap. Norwegians can also take a flight to Luton or Schiphol and get a cheap flight from there to Ibiza. Yet there's also a more expensive direct flight to Ibiza."
Cool - OSL - IBZ is ~ 6 hours. On a good day that barely crosses the US. On a good day a cross country RT is ~ $300. That is LA/SF/LV to NYC.
If you are just wanting a party weekend in Vegas, it's half that... JFK to LHR flight time is 7.5 hrs and that only crosses the pond. You are SPOILED for choice and routing within Europe, enjoy it. Trust me, when the airlines figure out how much money they can make of IBZ it'll be truly over...
"Ibiza is not a typically "Norwegian" destination, like say Malaga, Mallorca and Gran Canaria. It's very niche for Norwegians. I haven't met anyone here who has been there. Yet these flights are put on every year, and they seem to be making money." Your recency bias is NOT reality for Americans. That would be like me saying 99% of LA flights to Vegas are full, therefore 99% of LA to NYC flights would also be at 99%. Why would anyone spend 10+ hours crossing the atlantic, plus transfers, plus losing money on currency exchange JUST to party on IBZ? If you live in NYC you already have access to the best clubs in the world, or you can pop over to london, vegas, miami, etc...
IBZ is just not that cool (unless you truly care about music, clubbing, etc.).
You need to understand a couple of things, 1. Americans have almost universally never heard of Ibiza. 2. Why in the world would they spend MORE money to go to a rando island in the Med when they can go to Paris/London/BCN/MAD/DUB/etc. 3. Ibiza for Americans is a song lyric, not a place. TRUST ME - this is a good thing. 4. Exotic for American is almost universally understood to be tropical - i.e. Hawaii/Jamaica/Bahamas/etc. which can be had a FRACTION of what it costs to cross the pond.
You DO NOT want hordes of shitty Americans coming over trying to ask you where brostep is playing, or where Steve Aoki (I know, the irony isn't lost on me...), or honestly any of the night league venues are at....
For the love of god, please keep your island free of these idiots...sigh....I sound like i'm gatekeeping. I'm not, Americans suck ass....and not in the fun way.
From a recent poll:
The results are pretty amazing, and perhaps explain the gaps of knowledge many Americans seem to have of the world:
-- Eleven percent of survey respondents have never traveled outside of the state where they were born.
-- Over half of those surveyed (54 percent) say they’ve visited 10 states or fewer.
-- As many as 13 percent say they have never flown in an airplane.
-- Forty percent of those questioned said they’ve never left the country.
-- Over half of respondents have never owned a passport. (For years U.S. citizens did not need one to travel to Mexico, Canada and on many cruises, which may clarify the previous stat.)
Americans suck. Please do yourselves a favor and stay euro-centric. I beg of you.
BTW - you do you, but if you run into a solo American on holiday do yourself a favor and chat them up. I can almost guarantee they have a fun story, background, *insert random ass story* as to why they on the island. Literally NO ONE gets there by accident (from North America - we can't all fall asleep in a Ryan Air eco seat) and end up in IBZ. Worst case - they are an insufferable c*** (looking at you @CasaNegron) or they'll regale you with a story about how their (insert family member) was a fun bloke back in the day.
Long story short - Americans are cunts, and you're better off alone.
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