Flight failure from Nuremberg to Ibiza: Marabu changes plans for 2025!

Marabu Airlines surprisingly deleted the direct flights from Nuremberg to Ibiza, which were planned from May 2025. Ibiza is considered a popular holiday destination, especially for celebrating, but in the summer of 2024 there were no direct connections from Nuremberg to the Balearic Islands. According to information from Infranken were already available for these flights before the airline changed.

Marabu pursues ambitious growth goals for the summer of 2024 and plans to double the existing fleet from four to eight Airbus A320neo aircraft within one year. Airplanes No. 5 and 6 are already in use, while the delivery of No. 7 for the end of 2024 and No. 8 for early 2025. In order to serve the growing demand, Marabu has announced that other airlines plane aircraft. However, the availability of rental aircraft is low due to the high demand. In addition, the airline faces increasing costs for airport infrastructure and air traffic control in Germany, which are considered some of the highest in Europe

overarching challenges and plan adjustments

The decision to delete the Ibiza flights is part of a major relocation in Marabu Airlines' expansion plans, which operates as a sister company of Condor. Also in another message from mallorca magazin Marabu has set up its expansion plans for 2025 due to high costs and lack of availability of aircraft. The originally planned increases of the stationed aircraft in Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart were put on ice.

For the summer of 2025, Marabu plans to concentrate on the bases in Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle and Nuremberg and to offer flights to a total of 16 holiday destinations around the Mediterranean. In addition to Mallorca, the confirmed destinations also include Egypt, Greece and the Canary Islands.