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Malaga

Easyjet expands routes between Spain’s Malaga and France

Cristina Hodgson - 11 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

EASYJET has announced a new route that will connect Malaga with the French city of Lyon from next summer, 2023. The new route that will...

Malaga

Spain’s Malaga airport will be linked with 119 destinations via 192 routes this winter

Cristina Hodgson - 25 Oct, 2022 @ 10:00

OVER the next five months, between October 30 to March 25, Malaga will be linked with 119 destinations via 192 routes. During this period airlines...

Barcelona

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

Jorge Hinojosa - 9 Jul, 2022 @ 14:15

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...

Travel News

Spain scrambles 500 border guards to cope with post-Brexit passport stamping

Fiona Govan - 11 Jun, 2022 @ 09:15

SPAIN is scrambling to find an extra 500 officers to police border control at its busiest airports ahead of the summer season. With Covid travel...

Travel: Costa del Sol

Chaos as easyJet cancels 200 flights due to computer problems—including flights to Spain

Cristina Hodgson - 27 May, 2022 @ 08:45

EASYJET has cancelled 200 flights after being hit by IT problems this Thursday, May 26. The British low-cost airline cancelled 200 services yesterday from multiple...

Madrid

Animal rights campaigners in Spain plea for life of dog stranded at Madrid airport

Jorge Hinojosa - 25 Mar, 2022 @ 15:00

A DOG has been stranded at Madrid airport unable to legally enter the country because his owner failed to have him microchipped. Luno, arrived with...

Balearic Islands

Easyjet flights from Palma return this weekend as base reopens on Spain’s Mallorca

Kirsty Mckenzie - 23 Mar, 2022 @ 19:30

AIRLINE bosses have revealed details of the reopening of the seasonal base in Mallorca. From Sunday, March 27, EasyJet’s seasonal base at Palma de Mallorca...

Ryanair adds 500 extra flights for October half-term getaway to popular EU destinations including Spain

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Ryanair named worst airline for short-haul flights despite €10 flights to Spain

Kirsty Mckenzie - 3 Feb, 2022 @ 14:31

NO-FRILLS airline Ryanair has been named the worst for short-haul flights by a consumer watchdog. The budget airline was slammed as ‘consistently terrible’ by three-quarters...

Mallorca

Mallorca politician demands end to environmentally damaging ‘ghost flights’ by airlines saving their slots

Tallulah Taylor - 16 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

THE practice of airlines flying empty planes to keep coveted flight slots has been slammed by a Mallorcan politician. The deputy for MES in Mallorca,...

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

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

Alex Trelinski - 24 Nov, 2021 @ 16:38

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...

Canary Islands

Ash cloud closes La Palma airport as eruption from volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands continues into tenth week

Fiona Govan - 21 Nov, 2021 @ 14:15

ALL flights to and from the airport on the Spanish island of La Palma remain cancelled on Sunday after an ash cloud from the...

Palma Airport At Night On The Balearic Island Mallorca Spain.

Balearic Islands

Jail for 12 Moroccans who forced the landing in Palma

Kirsty Mckenzie - 9 Nov, 2021 @ 17:45

A JUDGE in Palma has issued a provisional prison sentence to 12 young Moroccans who fled onto the runway at Palma de Mallorca airport on Friday night,...

Andalucia

On strike: Malaga airport workers rebel

Katherine Brook - 2 Aug, 2021 @ 10:15

STAFF at Malaga airport have announced a strike on August 12, which could cause major disruption. Usually one of the busiest months for tourists, workers...

Andalucia

Ryanair announces major recruitment drive in Spain

Katherine Brook - 29 Jul, 2021 @ 13:15

RYANAIR is looking for cabin crew in Spain to join its team, as part of a ‘major recruitment campaign’ for its Spanish bases: Malaga,...

Andalucia

Malaga airport returns to full capacity as EU COVID-19 travel certificate officially comes into force across the European Union

Kirsty Mckenzie - 1 Jul, 2021 @ 09:00

ONE of Spain’s busiest international airports has returned to full capacity following the coronavirus pandemic. After ten months of closure, Malaga airport has reopened Terminal...

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British Airways boss calls on UK Government to put Spain on green travel list so expats can be reunited...

Kirsty Mckenzie - 17 May, 2021 @ 12:45

THE boss of British Airways has called on the Government to reunite Britons with their families overseas by urgently opening up air travel to...

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

Alicante

BUMPY RIDE with top tourist airport pole-axed by COVID-19 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alex Trelinski - 14 Jan, 2021 @ 08:45

COVID-19 took its toll on Alicante-Elche airport last year with passenger numbers slashed by 85% on 2019's historic record high. Figures from airport operator, Aena,...

Madrid

WATCH: Police discover 26,000 baby chicks left to die at Spain’s Madrid airport as hunt begins for those responsible

Simon Wade - 8 Oct, 2020 @ 11:16

SPANISH National Police rescued some 20,000 live chicks abandoned at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport, last weekend. They had been crammed into tiny cardboard boxes...

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Olive Press reporter describes what journey from UK to Spain is like now that borders are open

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 7 Jul, 2020 @ 16:29

AN Olive Press reporter who was trapped in the UK for months due to the coronavirus pandemic has finally managed to return to Spain.

Andalucia

TRAVEL: Online searches for Spanish domestic flights to Malaga Airport surge by 523% in a week as Costa del...

Cristina Hodgson - 25 Jun, 2020 @ 10:19

Ryanair, EasyJet and Vueling are the main airline companies to offer flights to Malaga

Andalucia

TRAVEL: Spain’s Malaga Airport to kick-start Costa del Sol tourist season with 100 daily flights from July

Cristina Hodgson - 23 Jun, 2020 @ 15:22

The estimated 100 daily flights are one-fifth of the number of flights from last summer.

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Number of plane passengers in Spain decrease by nearly 60% in March, in comparison to the same month last...

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 10 Apr, 2020 @ 14:39

THE number of plane passengers in Spain has decreased by a staggering 59.3% in the month of March, compared to the same month last year.

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Ryanair launches €6 flights from Spanish airports to London

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 20 Feb, 2020 @ 15:13

RYANAIR has launched last-minute flights from Spain for €6.

Andalucia

Emergency landings on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Joanne Oakley - 4 Feb, 2020 @ 09:59

Thirty minutes after the flight from Barcelona made its appearance, the Costa del Sol airport had to receive another flight from Madrid

Costa Blanca

Alicante airport CLOSED from 1pm Sunday until 1pm Monday as snowstorms hit the Costa Blanca

Joshua Parfitt - 19 Jan, 2020 @ 11:36

ALICANTE airport will be closed from 1pm today until 1pm on Monday. Storm Gloria has this morning hit the Costa Blanca region, with snow falling...

Costa Blanca

Campaigners slam ‘squandering of public money’ as Murcia’s trouble-ridden Corvera Airport celebrates its first anniversary

Simon Wade - 16 Jan, 2020 @ 10:03

MURCIA region’s ‘new’ airport, Corvera, celebrates its first anniversary today, after an auspicious opening in January 2019. Although the hi-tech replacement for the much-loved and...

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Blockbuster Bollywood movie that filmed in Mallorca out in Spanish cinemas

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