Tag: flight
Spain’s Iberia slammed for not letting family embark and ordered to cough up €2400 compensation
According to the law established by European Regulation 261/2004, users who were delayed for more than three hours on a flight are entitled to the automatic compensation.
Olive Press reporter describes what journey from UK to Spain is like now that borders are open
AN Olive Press reporter who was trapped in the UK for months due to the coronavirus pandemic has finally managed to return to Spain.
Olive Press reporter stuck in the UK for three months refused boarding by British Airways
AN Olive Press reporter has been refused boarding on a flight from London Heathrow to Gibraltar.
EXCLUSIVE: British expat chases refund for cancelled flight to Spain, with Vueling refusing to accept it was cancelled
A BRITISH expat has been left chasing a flight refund for a cancelled flight that the airline refuses to accept was cancelled.
Wizz Air completes first flights connecting Spain’s Canary Islands to London Luton
WIZZ Air has successfully completed its first flights connecting Tenerife to London Luton.
EasyJet launch winter schedule early, to allow people to change their flights to a much later date
EASYJET has launched its winter 2020-21 schedule early due to coronavirus.
The trials and tribulations of flying back to the UK from Spain in order to avoid the coronavirus lockdown
SPAIN has now officially been put on lockdown.
189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight
AN 189-seat passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing on the Costa del Sol. The Austrian Lauda aircraft was forced to turn...
Tourist dies in Catalan airport chaos as riots paralyse Barcelona after Spain jails independence leaders
The airport had seen 45 flights cancelled yesterday and 100 on Monday due to violent clashes involving thousands of people
THOMAS COOK: Refunds now open for Brits who booked holidays to Spain before travel giant went bust
Refunds are to be repaid within 60 days on the submission of a valid completed claim form
Spain’s Government launches €300 million fund for firms affected by Thomas Cook collapse
Around 600 hotels owed money by Thomas Cook will also be given the option of deferring their taxes and delaying payments
Two rowdy men arrested after heated scrap on flight from Spain’s Mallorca to Dublin
When they landed at Dublin Airport a fight broke out between them, at the bottom steps of the plane.
British air hostess arrested for being ‘drunk’ on EasyJet flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca
The Yorkshirewoman and her crew served passengers on the service, which took off at 11:40pm on Friday and landed at 1:10am UK time on Saturday
British Airways computer glitch sparks travel chaos at London airports
The airline has blamed a 'system problem' for delays, cancellations and long queues affecting short-haul flights from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports
‘Intoxicated’ British couple arrested and their three young kids taken into care before flight from Gibraltar
Cops removed the kids from their tanked-up mum and dad, transferring them to social services
REVEALED: 10 new UK to Spain flights run by airline Alba Star announced
The new flights, which are the first from the UK airport in seven years will arrive just in time for the school holidays
TRAVEL CHAOS: London Gatwick IT meltdown sees 12 flights cancelled as Spain passenger ‘trapped’ beyond gate
A spokesperson blamed the new cancellations on planes being in the wrong place following Wednesday’s disruption
British woman dies on UK-bound flight at Mallorca airport moments before take-off
Police and paramedics rushed to the scene to treat the passenger but attempts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful
‘Frightening’ moment on Thomas Cook flight to Spain as squishy cat toy explodes in British seven-year-old’s face
Flight attendants were quick to help the mother and son, and it was later suggested to Stephanie that increased air pressure had caused the rupture
Ryanair can’t reveal pilot’s illness which forced Spain to UK flight into EMERGENCY landing just 13 minutes in
Despite the situation, the Dublin-based airline could not provide any more details as to the nature of the illness due to privacy laws
WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it...
Other passengers tried to calm down the woman, who kept screaming, ‘I don’t need an ambulance’
‘HE WAS ALWAYS SMILING’: British baby boy dies suddenly at airport in Spain as family caught flight home from...
“Ernie was such a happy boy, he was always smiling,” said Sam’s brother and Ernie’s uncle, Nick, who lives in Walsall
WATCH: Racist British man who called woman ‘ugly black b******’ on Ryanair Spain flight not charged by police
However Essex Police has said it has no jurisdiction to prosecute Mesher, as the incident occurred in Spain
Spain tourism chiefs call for alcohol ban in airports and say British police ‘have power’ to stop boozing on...
There is one incident for every 1,424 flights, according to IATA data, while 50 flights per day have to deal with drunken passengers
IS IT A BIRD? Gibraltar introduces helicopter sightseeing tours in 2019 with Norwegian firm Fonnafly
It comes after years of collaboration between the Gibraltar government and Mr John-Erik Sogn, a Norwegian pilot living in Marbella
FLASH SALE: Ryanair offers €20 tickets to celebrate new route from Spain’s Malaga to Morocco
The offer will be available until midnight on Monday, January 21, through Ryanair.com
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