Aena calls off Spanish Airport strikes This Wednesday was to be the start of 27 days of protest against privatization. The 27 day strike in AENA was called off after the unions got an agreement to guarantee no loss of jobs and the introduction of the previously agreed collective wage agreement. They still did continue […]
Palma de Mallorca airport to host the world premiere of the latest Audi model The Palma de Mallorca airport has been chosen as the setting for the world premiere of the new Audi TT Roadster. So from now until next February 15th, dozens of professionals in the motor industry will come to Mallorca to test-drive […]
One hundred people demonstrated at Palma airport The demonstration on Monday at Palma airport, Son Sant Joan, was against the planned partial privatization of the Spanish airport operator Aena. The Government of the conservative People’s Party in Madrid wants to privatize 49 percent of the state company. Madrid hopes for proceeds of up to 2.3 […]
Air Europa will begin interisland flights in the Balearic islands from the first of May. This will link Palma’s Son Sant Joan to the airports of Ibiza and Menorca with six flights per day and as many back. This will be operated by a European manufactured turboprop ATR 72 with a capacity of 68 places. […]
Ryanair will increase the number of flights from Palma to Barcelona, Cologne and other destinations. The airline presented its summer 2015 schedule for Palma de Mallorca airport, which includes 305 flights a week. To celebrate the launch of the 2015 summer schedule from Palma Airport, Ryanair is selling 100,000 seats to fly across its European […]
Everything changed for the king’s sister and her husband since the Nóos case began. During the winter holidays, the Duke and Duchess decided to celebrate Christmas Eve with the family of Iñaki, later flying back with a low-cost carrier from Bilbao to Barcelona as published on Saturday by El Mundo. Besides taking a low-cost flight, […]
A passenger from a non EU flight was intercepted by customs officers on Sunday shortly after touching down at Mallorca airport. They were found to be carrying drugs in their body, which were later extracted in the Son Espases hospital, Palma. Security officials had their suspicions confirmed shortly after detaining the passenger. The drug carrier […]
Over the Christmas season Aena has increased the free internet access time, via Wi-Fi connection, in Palma airport and the other 27 Aena airports that offer this service. That means the period of free access is doubled, going from the 15 minutes to 30 minutes. This offer will be valid in a first phase until […]
Autumn arrived in Mallorca with force last week and with more rain is forecast this week. The first wind and rainstorm after the summer left the island with nearly a hundred incidents, none of them serious, but firefighters worked during the period dealing with flooding and fallen trees and other objects on roads. A state […]
The Balearic airports surpassed 3 million passengers per month for the last four months The Balearic airports have exceeded 3 million passengers a month for the last four months and in just three months – July, August, and September – they collectively had over 13 million passengers, as revealed by the Airport Coordination Committee in […]
