United Airlines flights New York to Palma service increased

From May 26 until September 27, United Airlines will resume its Newark Liberty International Airport–Palma route. As a result, the timetable will be a little bit longer than it was in 2022, when the route was originally opened, when flights began in the first week of June and concluded in the middle of September.

Instead of the two flights each week as previous year, there will now be three. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays will see departures from Newark; Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays will see departures from Palma (at 11am).

According to Pedro Homar, head of the Palma 365 Tourism Foundation, the increase in frequency is proof of the viability of a service that approximately 10,000 US tourists utilized in 2022. According to Homar, the service has had a substantial economic impact, with these travelers reportedly spending, on average, about 1,000 euros each day.

"American visitors don't come for the sun and beaches; the Caribbean is much closer to them for such things. They are intrigued by the cuisine, history, culture, customs, etc." With a potential market of 350 million people, the flight to Palma, he continues, "puts the island on the map."

Mark Stücklin, a Barcelona-based real-estate analyst who owns the website Spanish Property Insight, says Spanish notary records indicate that sales to Americans were up 76% in the first half of 2022 compared with the year before, making it the highest half-year by volume on record. 

Palma de Mallorca, the capital of Spain’s Balearic Islands, has some of the country’s most expensive residential real estate, with average prices of $263 a square foot, up nearly 6% in 2022. Now, with seasonal direct flights to Newark, N.J., the historic city, with its revived medieval core, is seeing a spike in American buyers who want to balance Old World charm with contemporary convenience.