Etiqueta 'Palma airport'
All quiet here, but tension between licensed taxi drivers and unauthorised operators is never far away.

Transport

Tension mounting at airport over surge in pirate cabbies

Transport ministry inspectors, being civil servants, finish work at 5pm, leaving the door open to pirate cabbies.

Humphrey Carter29/05/2018 00:00

Thomas Cook plan to double the number of planes in 2019.

Transport

Thomas Cook flight growth in Palma

There is a 17% increase in seats for Thomas Cook flights this summer.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter24/05/2018 00:00

A busy weekend ahead at Palma airport.

Tourism

Airport expecting passenger numbers similar to July

Almost 350,000 passengers are expected to pass through Palma's Son Sant Joan Airport this weekend.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter24/04/2018 00:00

Some airlines are switching their handling operators.

Transport

Handling services price war benefiting airlines in Palma

The airlines will benefit from lower costs but workers will continue to experience a lack of job security.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter27/03/2018 00:00

Vueling will be increasing its flights to Palma.

Transport

Increased flights for the Balearics this year

Vueling in particular will be increasing the number of seats for flights with the mainland, while adding new routes to France and Switzerland.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/01/2018 00:00

Acciona ground services staff could go on strike.

Industrial relations

Airport handling workers threatening to strike over redundancies

Acciona is seeking the redundancies because of the loss of business it had with Niki.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter17/01/2018 00:00

Will the coordination committee lead to actual co-management of Palma airport?

Transport

First step towards airport co-management

Co-management has been an aspiration of governments in the Balearics - both of the right and of the left.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/12/2017 00:00

Café and restaurant workers protesting at Palma airport.

Industrial relations

Threat of new year industrial action at Palma airport

Industrial action against redundancies to be made by Acciona Handling is one threat next year.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter23/12/2017 00:00

Heated discussions at the airport in the summer about pirate taxis.

Transport

Fines for 78 pirate airport transport operators

Fines totalling 80,000 euros were issued against pirate operators at Palma airport.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/12/2017 00:00

A range of needs are catered for by the unit for passengers with reduced mobility.

Transport

Airport caters for 145,000 passengers with mobility needs

Aena says that it wishes to treat passengers with mobility needs "as though they are part of the family".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/12/2017 00:00

The Coronado, abandoned at Son Sant Joan but about to be saved.

Heritage

Council of Majorca comes to the rescue of the "Coronado"

The Convair 990A Coronado has been at Palma airport since the end of the 1980s.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter29/11/2017 00:00

Over 40,000 flights during the low season at Palma.

Transport

Palma low-season flights up by over four per cent

Over six million seats are currently scheduled between now and the end of March.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter29/10/2017 00:00

Hotel chambermaids are deserving of health treatment, but is this a "purpose" for the tourist tax?

Majorca

Airport, holiday prices, chambermaids: the week in Majorca

Night flights and possible airport strikes; tour operators holding back on hotel contracts; tourist tax going up. And what did chambermaids have to do with the tourist tax?

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/08/2017 00:00

Flight noise is said to be "unbearable".

Health

Demand for more soundproofing against aircraft noise

Aena's measurements for determining the need for soundproofing are said to not be correct.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/08/2017 00:00

Some courier and freight flights operate at night.

Transport

Airline industry warns of harm from stopping Palma night flights

"I don't believe that it (the town hall) has acted with common sense or with having thought about the economic consequences."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter24/08/2017 00:00

Palma town hall is seeking a reduction in the number of flights.

Transport

Palma wanting an end to night flights

Palma town hall is making a number of requests about flights, noise and pollution.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/08/2017 00:00