SPANISH CHARTER company Centenniel Airlines, has added a scheduled Manchester-Palma service to its successful Palma link from London Gatwick. The new service, marketed under the Centenniel Premier label, began on 15 December and will initially be flown once a week, with a second flight scheduled from March.
Centenniel Premier provides the only direct schedule between the two cities. The new service is targeted at the villa and timeshare market, as well as the corporate business traveler.
The up-market service strategy, allied to competitive fares, is proving successful on the Gatwick-Palma route, where load factors average between 85% and 90% and frequency has recently been increased to three flights a week.
Both services are operated with two-class McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjets.
Source: Flight International
