Tag: air travel
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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
Brits are the biggest travellers in Europe
Results of Last Minute.com study on 6,000 itchy-footed Europeans
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
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