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Sevilla Airport set for €235m overhaul in major boost for travellers – here’s where the money will be spent

SEVILLA Airport is gearing up for a major renovation to make travel smoother and safer for the nine million passengers who pass through each year.

26 Feb, 2026 @ 14:15

Lead·Sevilla·Travel News

Spain’s airport operator accuses Ryanair CEO of ‘lying continuously’ in row over ‘excessive fees’

THE chief executive of Spain’s state-owned airport operator has accused Ryanair’s outspoken CEO Michael O’Leary of ‘not telling the truth’ over a bitter fees row

15 Sep, 2025 @ 14:49

Business & Finance·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ryanair to raise bonus for staff who spot oversized luggage – following in footsteps of low-cost rivals easyJet

RYANAIR’S outspoken chief executive Michael O’Leary has vowed to wage a war on passengers ‘scamming the system’ as he announced plans to increase a bonus

1 Sep, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·Travel News

Travel chaos in Spain: Dozens of flights cancelled as heavy rainfall batters Catalunya and Balearic Islands

THOUSANDS of holidaymakers are currently stranded at airports across Spain after AEMET, the state weather agency, issued an orange weather alert for heavy rainfall. Dozens

28 Aug, 2025 @ 13:34

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Lead·Travel News·Weather

Expansion of Spain’s Barcelona Airport to be completed by 2033 in move blasted as ‘climate denialism’

THE Catalan government’s decision to approve a long-awaited expansion to Barcelona’s El-Prat Airport has provoked fury among local activists. On Tuesday, Catalan president Salvador Illa

16 Jun, 2025 @ 11:24

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Politics

Surging anti-tourism anger and Trump’s tariffs no obstacle: Flights to Spain are expected to keep increasing in 2025

SPAIN’S airport operator, Aena, is maintaining a forecast of traffic growth for 2025 despite uncertainties in the travel sector. The Spanish air travel sector is

9 Apr, 2025 @ 17:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

United Airlines to increase flight frequency from New York to Palma

ONE of the largest airlines in the world has revealed its decision to boost flight numbers from New York to Palma de Mallorca. In 2022,

28 Jan, 2025 @ 19:22

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

UK tourists help Spain smash February foreign visitor record

Spain’s UGT union calls airport strike for key December vacation days

ONE OF Spain’s main labour unions, UGT, has called a strike for airport handling staff during key December vacation days, threatening the travel plans of

27 Nov, 2023 @ 16:52

Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga airport achieves record-breaking August with over 2.4 million passengers

MALAGA Airport continues its trend of record-breaking passenger numbers in 2023, with August seeing a significant surge in tourism and travellers. According to Aena, the

13 Sep, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga airport delights travelers with a day of music and dance

PASSENGERS arriving at Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport have been treated to a delightful day of music and dance performances at T3. The event took place

28 Jul, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga airport breaks through 2 million passenger barrier in record-breaking May

MALAGA-Costa del Sol airport has surpassed the 2 million passenger barrier for the first time in May. The huge influx of travellers in May smashed

13 Jun, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

November passenger figures touch pre-pandemic levels at Costa Blanca airport in Spain

PASSENGERS using Alicante-Elche airport in November were close to pre-pandemic levels according to figures from airport operator Aena. 905,852 people were registered last month- 96.9%

12 Dec, 2022 @ 19:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain's airports say pre-pandemic passenger numbers will return this October

Spain’s airports say October will record return to pre-pandemic passenger numbers

SPAIN’S airport operator Aena expects October passenger numbers to return to 2019 levels- the first month back at pre-pandemic levels since early 2020. It says

26 Oct, 2022 @ 15:13

Lead·National News

Ryanair threatens more cuts in Spain if government does not block proposed 21% airport tax hike

Ryanair flight from Luton to Spain’s Murcia gets diverted as Corvera airport was closed for the night

A Ryanair flight from Luton to Corvera in Murcia suffered a two-hour take-off delay on Sunday- meaning it was too late for it land at

24 Oct, 2022 @ 17:08

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia

Gang paid 'mules' €10k each to pick up cocaine-filled suitcases from Madrid airport

Drones buzzing over Madrid’s airport cause delays and flight diversions

FLIGHTS were delayed or diverted at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez Barajas Airport on Monday after drones were detected flying in the airspace. State-owned airport operator, AENA,

30 Aug, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Travel News

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

FACT CHECK: No, airport workers in Spain have NOT just called a strike for 25 days

AIRPORT workers in Spain are NOT going on strike for 25 days despite widespread reporting of it in UK media organisations. Tuesday headlines announcing more

23 Aug, 2022 @ 12:57

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Chaos in Spanish airports as hundreds of lost suitcases pile up due to flight overloads

SPANISH airports have hundreds of piled-up suitcases stuck in arrivals caused by an overload of operations from several European airports. Many passengers have arrived at

9 Jul, 2022 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·National News·Travel News

Airport delays are in store at Palma de Mallorca’s airport as the bumper tourist season starts

This is the message from airports operator AENAS, which says that Son Sant Joan will suffer flight hold-ups due to a lack of staff at

1 Jul, 2022 @ 13:02

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Malaga–Costa del Sol Airport leads in Spain’s recovery of air travel demand post Covid-19 Pandemic

MALAGA–Costa del Sol Airport is the best recovering airport in Spain post pandemic. Last month 9,677 planes landed and took off at Malaga airport, which

14 Apr, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Passenger numbers at Spain's airports in 2021 hit only half of pre-pandemic total

Passenger numbers at Spain’s airports in 2021 fall below half of pre-pandemic total

PASSENGER numbers improved substantially in 2021 across Spain’s airports compared to the previous year but remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Airport operator Aena said nearly

11 Jan, 2022 @ 20:30

Lead·Travel News

Lower Costs And More Promotion For Struggling Corvera Airport In Spain's Murcia Region

Lower costs and more ‘visibility’ to boost passenger numbers at Corvera airport in Spain’s Murcia region

A new agreement has been struck to improve finances at Murcia’s Corvera airport and persuading more travellers to use it. The COVID pandemic severely impacted

24 Nov, 2021 @ 16:38

Murcia·Travel News

Flight delays warning in Spain: Airport operator Aena is caught up in global IT outage

Costa Blanca airport gets a million passengers in a month for first time since COVID-19 pandemic hit Spain

OVER a million passengers used Alicante-Elche airport in October- the first time the million mark has been passed in 20 months since the start of

15 Nov, 2021 @ 12:51

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Busy Costa Blanca airport in Spain opens its first outdoor terrace with good view of arriving and departing planes

Busy Costa Blanca airport in Spain opens its first outdoor terrace with good airfield view

PASSENGERS flying from Alicante-Elche airport can now eat and drink on a new outdoor terrace that looks out onto the airfield. It’s the first outside

4 Nov, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Travel News

Costa Blanca airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

PASSENGER numbers at Alicante-Elche airport still have a long way to go in order to match pre-pandemic figures. Figures for September from airport operator Aena

13 Oct, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Domestic travellers overtake British users of Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport in Spain

DOMESTIC passengers overtook UK traveller numbers for Alicante-Elche airport in July. Figures from airport operator Aena put internal users at 133,000 compared to 111,784 Brits.

12 Aug, 2021 @ 12:34

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Six airports in the Aena network, including Spain’s Malaga, achieve highest anti-covid score

AENA has six Spanish airports certified with the highest 5-Star COVID-19 Safety Rating—including Malaga–Costa del Sol Airport. The prestigious consulting firm Skytrax, dedicated to conducting

2 Aug, 2021 @ 09:30

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Travel News

Sevilla Airport set for €235m overhaul in major boost for travellers – here’s where the money will be spent

Spain’s airport operator accuses Ryanair CEO of ‘lying continuously’ in row over ‘excessive fees’

Ryanair to raise bonus for staff who spot oversized luggage – following in footsteps of low-cost rivals easyJet

Travel chaos in Spain: Dozens of flights cancelled as heavy rainfall batters Catalunya and Balearic Islands

Expansion of Spain’s Barcelona Airport to be completed by 2033 in move blasted as ‘climate denialism’

Surging anti-tourism anger and Trump’s tariffs no obstacle: Flights to Spain are expected to keep increasing in 2025

United Airlines to increase flight frequency from New York to Palma

Spain’s UGT union calls airport strike for key December vacation days

Spain’s Malaga airport achieves record-breaking August with over 2.4 million passengers

Spain’s Malaga airport delights travelers with a day of music and dance

Spain’s Malaga airport breaks through 2 million passenger barrier in record-breaking May

November passenger figures touch pre-pandemic levels at Costa Blanca airport in Spain

Spain’s airports say October will record return to pre-pandemic passenger numbers

Ryanair flight from Luton to Spain’s Murcia gets diverted as Corvera airport was closed for the night

Drones buzzing over Madrid’s airport cause delays and flight diversions

FACT CHECK: No, airport workers in Spain have NOT just called a strike for 25 days

Airport delays are in store at Palma de Mallorca’s airport as the bumper tourist season starts

Malaga–Costa del Sol Airport leads in Spain’s recovery of air travel demand post Covid-19 Pandemic

Passenger numbers at Spain’s airports in 2021 fall below half of pre-pandemic total

Lower costs and more ‘visibility’ to boost passenger numbers at Corvera airport in Spain’s Murcia region

Costa Blanca airport gets a million passengers in a month for first time since COVID-19 pandemic hit Spain

Busy Costa Blanca airport in Spain opens its first outdoor terrace with good airfield view

Costa Blanca airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

Domestic travellers overtake British users of Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport in Spain

Six airports in the Aena network, including Spain’s Malaga, achieve highest anti-covid score

Bilbao hits record 27C as normally chilly northern Spain basks in August-like sunshine thanks to ‘foehn effect’ wind system

British mum, 42, killed in front of children in horror car crash on notorious A-7 motorway

Sevilla Airport set for €235m overhaul in major boost for travellers – here’s where the money will be spent

WATCH: Man uses his own baby as a ‘human shield’ in chaotic Madrid arrest that sparked police brutality row

Spain announces plan to BAN sales of all energy drinks to under-16s