Madrid (EFE).- Air Europa and the railway operator iryo have signed a multimodal agreement that will allow, from next September, to buy combined trips by train and plane in a single ticket, as announced on Thursday by its CEOs, Jesús Nuño de la Rosa and Simone Gorini, respectively.
These combined train (iryo) and plane (Air Europa) trips can be purchased on the airline’s website or at authorized travel agencies, and, later, also on the website of the railway operator, owned by Trenitalia, Air Nostrum and Globalvia.
Combine Madrid and eleven Spanish cities
Thus, in a single ticket it will be possible to combine the connections offered by iryo between Madrid and eleven Spanish cities (Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza, Cuenca, Valencia, Albacete, Alicante, Málaga, Antequera, Córdoba and Seville), with the 33 destinations that Air Europe operates in Europe and the 21 in America.
Nuño de la Rosa explained at a press conference that this is the first phase of the alliance between the two companies, in which the single ticket will be the sum of the prices of the two services, but the passenger will have certain advantages that are not would be given by acquiring them separately, such as, for example, the ease of management if one of the modes of transport is delayed.
For the CEO of Air Europa, this multimodal strategy is essential to reduce the impact of climate change on travel and, likewise, strengthens the connectivity of the ‘hub’ (interconnection center) of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport and the peninsula with an “efficient and sustainable” proposal, with the aim of satisfying the needs of leisure and business clients.
The phase will be completed in 2025
The executive has emphasized that this first phase will be completed, especially in 2025, when the high-speed rail line arrives directly at the Madrid airport, which will mean “a new stage in multimodal transport, by allowing travelers arriving by plane They can catch the IR train at the same airport and continue their route”.
Gorini has highlighted that, with this agreement, the strategic role of iryo in the connectivity of Spain with Europe and America is reinforced and a further step is taken in mobility, with comprehensive solutions that allow for a more complete and sustainable transport experience .
Air Europa becomes iryo’s first partner in a rail-aircraft association, which allows us to be “ever closer to achieving a more integrated and sustainable mobility that puts customer experience, innovation and environmental protection at the center ”.