Spain: International flight capacity rises 6.4% in October

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Airlines have scheduled nearly 12.8 million international seats to Spain, with Italy, Poland and Mexico recording particularly strong growth

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International air capacity to Spain continues to expand into the autumn season. Airlines have scheduled close to 12.8 million seats on international flights to the country for October 2026, according to the latest air capacity data published by Turespaña.

Compared with the 12 million seats offered in October 2025, capacity has increased by 6.4% year on year. Most of Spain’s major source markets are contributing to the growth, although developments vary considerably between countries.

Italy leads growth among major source markets

The United Kingdom, Spain’s largest international source market, is expected to record a 6.8% increase in scheduled seats compared with October last year.

Italy once again shows the strongest expansion among the major markets, with capacity rising by 12.2%. Germany is also developing positively, with 5.3% more seats scheduled.

France is the exception among the main European source markets. Capacity from the country is expected to decline by 2.2% year on year in October.

Poland maintains rapid expansion

The strongest percentage growth comes from Poland. Scheduled capacity from the Polish market is set to increase by more than 34%, continuing the rapid expansion already observed in previous months.

Türkiye also records significant growth, with the number of scheduled seats increasing by 15.2% compared with October 2025.

Growth from the United States is more moderate. Airlines have scheduled 2.6% more seats between the US and Spain than in the same month last year.

Mexico leads Latin American markets

Mexico stands out among the Ibero-American markets covered by the Turespaña figures. It has the largest volume of scheduled capacity in this group and is expected to record a year-on-year increase of 19.1%.

The figures underline the continued strength of international connectivity to Spain beyond the traditional summer peak. With almost 800,000 additional international seats scheduled compared with October 2025, airlines are maintaining substantial capacity into the autumn travel period.