Etiqueta 'Palma airport'
Queuing for passport control on Wednesday morning.

Police

More police for airport passport control

More police are being drafted in for passport control, and there are now more scanners for boarding passes.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/07/2017 00:00

Private jet flights increasing at Palma.

Transport

Private jet flights using Palma up by 15% this year

Demand for luxury residential tourism is contributing to increased private jet flights.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter14/07/2017 00:00

Twenty passport scanning units have been acquired, but National Police are still needed.

Travel

Tour firms getting passengers to airport extra early

The police confederation said yesterday that the main problem is that the number of officers has been cut.

Humphrey Carter12/07/2017 00:00

The airports authority is hoping to reduce the delays at passport control.

Travel

Urgent action being taken to resolve passport chaos

Aena and the National Police are working together in resolving the issues and three steps are being taken.

Humphrey Carter12/07/2017 00:00

The situation at passport control is particularly acute at weekends.

Travel

Passport chaos for Britons at Palma airport

The number of National Police officers on passport duty is not within the airports authority's jurisdiction.

Humphrey Carter11/07/2017 00:00

One way to stop drinking: close the bars. This was when there was a strike in 2012.

Police

Police union condemns airport and flight drunkenness

The union has "deep concern" about repeated and daily incidents of assaults and fights at airports.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/06/2017 00:00

The first Aerotib services started operating in early May.

Transport

Cala d'Or-airport bus service is now operating

The Aerotib route from the airport to Cala d'Or also serves Arenal, Llucmajor, Campos, S'Alqueria Blanca, Santanyi and Portopetro.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/06/2017 00:00

National Police at Palma airport.

Police

Britons arrested at the airport for attacking police

The two drunken Brits began throwing punches at the officers and acting aggressively.

Humphrey Carter14/06/2017 00:00

Long queues for taxis at the airport.

Transport

Blame being passed for traffic chaos at the airport

Palma town hall is insisting that the half hour free parking is reintroduced in order to deal with traffic "saturation".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter11/06/2017 00:00

Majorca taxi drivers took part in Tuesday's protest in Madrid against Uber and Cabify.

Transport

Inspectors bring order to airport taxi operations

Taxi-driver associations are satisfied that inspections at Palma airport are putting an end to the problem of "pirate" operators.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter31/05/2017 00:00

Nudism is not common at Palma airport.

Society

Who is the mystery naked man of Palma airport?

On Sunday, there he was. Not a stitch on. Tourists (and no doubt others) were somewhat startled by his presence.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter29/05/2017 00:00

Tourists were stranded for a time on Thursday because of the lack of transport.

Law

Government acts against "pirate" transport and taxis

Taxi drivers were complaining that the minibuses were still operating yesterday and that there weren't police. Business reaction to Thursday's events has been critical of the taxi drivers.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/05/2017 00:00

Taxi drivers agreed to go back to work after a meeting with the government and Aena.

Transport

Taxi drivers resume airport services after confrontation with "pirates"

There was chaos at the airport as tourists were caught up in the confrontation between taxi drivers and the "microbus" operators.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter25/05/2017 00:00

A new express parking system at arrivals will be operational this month.

Transport

Palma airport "parking express" ready this month

There will be fifteen minutes free parking with 90 spaces close to arrivals.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/05/2017 00:00

King Felipe and Queen Letizia are due to attend the official opening of the Palacio de Congresos.

Tourism

Parliament turns down hotel modernisation extension

The tourism committee also rejected a proposal that the Royal Family should be excluded from the official opening of the Palacio de Congresos.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter28/04/2017 00:00

A technical hitch at Palma caused delays and cancellations at the three Balearic airports.

Majorca

Barceló, Branson, Brexit: last week in Majorca

Tourism minister Biel Barceló was under pressure, there was chaos at the airport and there were arrests because of a fake cancer "cure".

Humphrey Carter17/04/2017 00:00

The inauguration of the easyJet base in Palma yesterday.

Transport

Palma to become new Mediterranean base for major airlines

EasyJet opened its new base - its 28th across Europe - at Palma yesterday.

Humphrey Carter23/03/2017 00:00