Ryanair will partner with Spanish carrier Air Europa to allow customers to connect to long-haul flights out of Madrid (MAD).

Ryanair, based in Ireland, will initially let its customers purchase Air Europa long-haul flights at ryanair.com, and will later this year add the option to connect from Ryanair flights onto Air Europa flights that run through Madrid.

As of last month, travelers can book tickets on 20 of Air Europa’s long distance routes at ryanair.com. They all leave from the Spanish carrier’s Madrid hub and fly to 16 countries in the Americas.

In April, Ryanair laid out its plans to offer connecting services and says it is in continuing discussions with several other long-haul airlines on potential feed and connecting flight partnerships.

“This partnership with Ryanair gives us great satisfaction, and it puts us at the forefront of business and allows us to strengthen our competitiveness. With this agreement Air Europa doubles its connectivity with the European continent adding 53 European cities,” said Javier Hidalgo, CEO, Globalia Group (owner of Air Europa). “This agreement consolidates Air Europa, the only regular airline with 100 per cent Spanish capital, as the best price-quality option to fly between Europe and America. I am also happy to announce that in 2020 Air Europa will have the most modern and efficient fleet of the market operating between both continents.”