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.
Transport
Fines for 78 pirate airport transport operators
Fines totalling 80,000 euros were issued against pirate operators at Palma airport.
Transport
Airline bankruptcies pushing up ticket prices
The immediate effect has been to push up prices over the festive period.
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".
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.
Tourism
Palma airport due to have record-breaking low season
Palma is currently very much in vogue for the European market and beyond.
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.
Transport
Airport passenger numbers rose by 5% in August
Palma airport had 4.18 million passengers in August, up by 5.2%.
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?
Health
Demand for more soundproofing against aircraft noise
Aena's measurements for determining the need for soundproofing are said to not be correct.
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."
Transport
Palma wanting an end to night flights
Palma town hall is making a number of requests about flights, noise and pollution.
Palma airport
Palma airport will obviously be affected if there are strikes.
Transport
Air Berlin's decline ends in insolvency
Air Berlin's losses were staggering and it faced ever-mounting competition. Palma flights and jobs are safe for at least the remainder of this summer season.
Majorca
Tourismphobia and insufferable heat: the week in Majorca
A small group of radicals latched onto the tourist saturation theme; Majorca was enduring an intense heatwave; Calvia was celebrating action against illegal sellers; and the airport was never out of the news.
Transport
Madrid government accused of passport control "negligence"
PSOE members of Congress from the Balearics are blaming the government for the passport control situation. Yesterday was another record day at the airport. Queues, yes, but they are being dealt with.
Transport
Government trying again to get co-management of Palma airport
The regional government wants to be able to moderate high-season traffic and boost it in the low season.
Transport
EasyJet celebrates 20 millionth passenger at Palma
Stewart Draper received a pleasant surprise when he arrived yesterday at Palma airport.
Transport
Taxi drivers threatening new action against airport pirate operators
Taxi drivers say that the transport ministry and Palma town hall have not kept to promises about inspectors and police.
Transport
Palma airport breaking records again
There were more flights at Palma yesterday than ever before.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- Russian-owned Black Pearl in Mallorca
- The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!