{"id":70830,"date":"2026-08-31T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spainuscc.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=70830"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:51:23","slug":"turespana-expands-u-s-spain-air-connectivity-with-united-airlines","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/spainuscc.org\/es\/news\/turespana-expands-u-s-spain-air-connectivity-with-united-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Turespa\u00f1a Expands U.S.\u2013Spain Air Connectivity with United Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Spain&#8217;s tourism board, Turespa\u00f1a, and United Airlines have signed new agreements to jointly promote two transatlantic routes departing from Newark Liberty International Airport: Newark\u2013Bilbao and Newark\u2013Santiago de Compostela. These routes add to United&#8217;s existing direct service from Newark to Madrid, Barcelona, M\u00e1laga, and Palma de Mallorca, bringing the airline&#8217;s total to six direct routes connecting the New York\u2013New Jersey metropolitan area with Spain \u2014 more than any other U.S. carrier. The agreements were signed by Mag\u00ed Castelltort Claramunt, Consul for Tourism Affairs in New York, on behalf of Turespa\u00f1a, and Julia Fedor, Director of Advertising and Social Media Operations, on behalf of United Airlines. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why\u00a0it\u00a0matters\u00a0for\u00a0business\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The U.S.\u00a0remains\u00a0Spain&#8217;s\u00a0fourth-largest\u00a0source\u00a0market\u00a0for\u00a0tourism\u00a0spending, and\u00a0the\u00a0numbers\u00a0continue\u00a0to\u00a0climb. In 2025, American\u00a0visitors\u00a0spent\u00a0\u20ac10.2\u00a0billion\u00a0in Spain \u2014 up 13.4%\u00a0year-over-year\u00a0\u2014\u00a0while\u00a0arrivals\u00a0reached\u00a04.4\u00a0million, a 4.3%\u00a0increase.\u00a0That\u00a0momentum\u00a0has\u00a0carried\u00a0into\u00a02026: 2.3\u00a0million\u00a0U.S.\u00a0visitors\u00a0arrived\u00a0between\u00a0January and June alone, up 9.5%\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0period\u00a0last\u00a0year,\u00a0with\u00a0spending\u00a0growing\u00a0even\u00a0faster\u00a0than\u00a0arrival\u00a0numbers\u00a0(+17.6%).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For\u00a0businesses\u00a0tied\u00a0to\u00a0travel,\u00a0hospitality,\u00a0logistics,\u00a0or\u00a0bilateral\u00a0trade\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0NY-NJ\u00a0region,\u00a0this\u00a0signals\u00a0a\u00a0market\u00a0that\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0just\u00a0recovering\u00a0\u2014\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0expanding, and\u00a0outpacing\u00a0prior\u00a0benchmarks\u00a0in\u00a0both\u00a0volume\u00a0and\u00a0spending\u00a0power.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expanding\u00a0air\u00a0capacity\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Underpinning\u00a0this\u00a0growth\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0steady\u00a0rise\u00a0in\u00a0direct\u00a0connectivity. Between April and September 2026,\u00a0nearly\u00a02\u00a0million\u00a0seats\u00a0are\u00a0scheduled\u00a0on\u00a0direct\u00a0U.S.\u2013Spain\u00a0flights,\u00a0an\u00a08.3%\u00a0increase\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0period\u00a0last\u00a0year,\u00a0supported\u00a0by\u00a0roughly\u00a08,000\u00a0direct\u00a0flights\u00a0\u2014 up 11.1%\u00a0year-over-year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The new Turespa\u00f1a\u2013United\u00a0agreements\u00a0will\u00a0fund\u00a0joint\u00a0digital marketing\u00a0campaigns\u00a0(and\u00a0select\u00a0traditional\u00a0media,\u00a0where\u00a0measurable)\u00a0to\u00a0raise\u00a0awareness\u00a0of\u00a0Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela as\u00a0accessible,\u00a0direct-flight\u00a0destinations\u00a0from\u00a0Newark \u2014\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0broader\u00a0push\u00a0to\u00a0diversify\u00a0tourism\u00a0beyond\u00a0Spain&#8217;s\u00a0most\u00a0visited\u00a0regions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Spain&#8217;s tourism board, Turespa\u00f1a, and United Airlines have signed new agreements to jointly promote two transatlantic routes departing from Newark Liberty International Airport: Newark\u2013Bilbao and Newark\u2013Santiago de Compostela. These routes add to United&#8217;s existing direct service from Newark to Madrid, Barcelona, M\u00e1laga, and Palma de Mallorca, bringing the airline&#8217;s total to six direct routes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70931,"template":"","categories":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Turespa\u00f1a Expands U.S.\u2013Spain Air Connectivity with United Airlines - Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spainuscc.org\/news\/turespana-expands-u-s-spain-air-connectivity-with-united-airlines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turespa\u00f1a Expands U.S.\u2013Spain Air Connectivity with United Airlines - Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Spain&#8217;s tourism board, Turespa\u00f1a, and United Airlines have signed new agreements to jointly promote two transatlantic routes departing from Newark Liberty International Airport: Newark\u2013Bilbao and Newark\u2013Santiago de Compostela. 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