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Air traffic controllers claim 30 drunk Brits fought on board Ryanair flight to Spain's Costa Blanca

Ryanair to add seven new destinations from Alicante this summer

BUDGET airline Ryanair will add a total of nine new routes to the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez airport, connecting the Costa Blanca tourist hotspot to cities throughout Europe. The expansion was announced on

3 Mar, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·European Union·Lead

What can I do if my flight is cancelled by the Iberia strikes in Spain? All you need to know as January walkouts are set to affect 45,000 passengers

TRAVEL disruption is expected over the King’s Day weekend as ground staff from Spanish airline Iberia go on strike. The former flag carrier has already cancelled 444 flights over the period of

3 Jan, 2024 @ 12:19

Lead·Travel News

Air Passenger Numbers In May Reach Record Levels For Costa Blanca And Valencia Airports In Spain

Air passenger numbers break May record for Costa Blanca and Valencia airports in Spain

OVER 25 MILLION passengers used Spanish airports in May, a 3.4% increase on the previous ‘record-breaking’ May in 2019, with Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports recording ‘best ever’ figures. State airport operator Aena

12 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Airport strikes in Spain are called off in huge relief for travellers ahead of December holiday

Spain’s airport operator returns to making a profit for first time since pandemic

SPAIN’S airport operator Aena recorded an annual net profit in 2022 for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020. The firm that manages 46 airports in the country also

28 Feb, 2023 @ 11:10

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Murcia’s Corvera airport in Spain celebrates fourth birthday as passenger numbers still struggle

FOUR years on from King Felipe opening the new Murcia regional airport at Corvera, the facility is still well short of passenger numbers seen previously at San Javier. Corvera was meant to

16 Jan, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Murcia

Strike woes as low cost airlines in Spain continue to causes travel chaos over festive period

TRAVEL continues to be heavily impacted by industrial action, either due to cabin crew or pilot problems, during the busy festive period this year. Three of the main airlines operating in Spain,

26 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Travel News

Masks are made mandatory in Spain's Valencia region: This is where you must cover your face from TODAY amid spike in Covid and flu cases

Spanish travel sector slams government for maintaining mask requirement on flights

REPRESENTATIVES from Spain’s travel industry have railed against the government for keeping in place the obligatory use of masks on public transport, including on planes. Leaders from the sector claim that the

14 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

Los Pasillos De Aeropuerto Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas Practicamente Vacios Por El Covid19

Iberia in Spain ordered by court to rethink cabin crew procedures due to ‘risk when closing overhead lockers’

THE SPANISH High Court has ruled that airline Iberia will have to take action to ensure that its cabin crew don’t injure themselves when closing the overhead lockers. What’s more, changes will

12 Nov, 2022 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain's Government 'corrects' Transport Minister Within Minutes Over Mask Wearing Announcement For Air Travel

Spain’s government changes inaccurate mask wearing announcement for air travel

CONFUSION reigned in Spain on Thursday after Transport Minister, Raquel Sanchez, said that mask wearing was ending for air travel- only for the government to correct what she said minutes later. The

25 Aug, 2022 @ 12:56

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

European Union abolishes mask-wearing on planes BUT it comes down to individual countries like Spain

European Union abolishes compulsory Covid-19 mask-wearing on planes BUT countries like Spain have ‘wiggle-room’ to continue

TWO European Union agencies have announced that mandatory mask wearing on planes and at airports will end on May 16. The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Prevention

11 May, 2022 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·European Union·Health·Lead·National News

Ryanair staff in Spain set to go on strike over Easter

Ryanair staff at Alicante–Elche airport are set to go on strike after disputes of unpaid wages to part time staff.

13 Apr, 2017 @ 17:32

Lead·Travel News

Spain boosts Norwegian Air’s passenger numbers to highest ever

The company carried almost 30 million passengers in 2016, 3.6 million more than the previous year

26 Jan, 2017 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Brits are the biggest travellers in Europe

Results of Last Minute.com study on 6,000 itchy-footed Europeans

17 Oct, 2015 @ 11:50

Travel News

Fear of flying?

Paul Whitelock tries to find cheap flights in and out of Spain from the low-cost airlines. And he discovers some of the pros and cons of using them

27 Nov, 2010 @ 21:32

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

The 13.22 from Madrid has just overtaken the plane!

For the first time, more passengers are taking the train between Madrid and Barcelona - the world's fifth busiest airline route

3 Nov, 2009 @ 09:30

National News·Travel News