Whilst work at Jerez Airport continues with the aim of doubling the capacity of travellers by 2010, airlines that inaugurated new routes direct to Jerez in 2007 are already cancelling them because of lack of interest and low load factors.
Vueling inaugurated direct flights on 1st December 2007 from Paris to Jerez planning three connections a week, but less than six weeks later announced the suspension of this route on the 10th January 2008. Vueling has also cancelled its direct flights from Madrid to Jerez.
Meanwhile in the Tarifa area, hopes are high that the purchase of GB Airways by Easyjet will attract more visitors year round with their cheaper flights, as high oil prices and hence higher airfares dissuade kitesurfers, windsurfers and surfers from travelling further afield to exotic destinations such as Cape Verde, Thailand and even Vietnam.