Etiqueta 'Palma airport'
Political parties want a share of Palma airport's management and its profit.

Transport

Més leading the way for airport co-management

Més and others want half the airport's profit to stay in the Balearics.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/03/2017 00:00

Iñaki Urdangarin arriving at court last week.

Majorca

Strikes, flights and Urdangarin: the week in Majorca

The husband of Princess Cristina was at liberty, everyone seemed to be planning on going on strike, there were worries about an increased number of flights, and it was revealed that it will cost half a million euros to change the name of the airport.

Andrew Ede26/02/2017 00:00

Air-traffic controllers were warning last summer about the volume of flights at Palma.

Transport

Anger over plans to increase Palma air traffic

Aena’s plan is to increase the number of flights handled by Palma airport from 60 per hour to 80.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/02/2017 00:00

Festive mood at the airport.

Transport

Palma airport expecting over 350,000 passengers up to 2 January

Yesterday was the busiest day of the whole period at the three Balearic airports; the second busiest day will be 30 December.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter24/12/2016 00:00

Los aeropuertos de Balears registrarán en cuatro días un tráfico de un millón de pasajeros.

Transport

Aena accused of hiding airports' financial performance

It is a "clear strategy" of creating fewer problems from a regional government which is advocating co-management of airports.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/12/2016 00:00

Protesting against pirate taxis in Ibiza.

Transport

Airport transport checks resulted in only 37 prosecutions

Sixty per cent of checks were because of the campaign to stamp out illegal transport providers.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/11/2016 00:00

Palma is the most profitable airport in the Aena network.

Transport

Aena spending 100 million euros on Palma airport

One aspect of the investment will be the creation of a free parking area at arrivals.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter17/10/2016 00:00

Air Berlin's woes could provide Air Europa with opportunities.

Transport

Air Europa sees possibilities because of Air Berlin's Palma withdrawal

The situation with Air Berlin "isn't great news, but the current economic situation will enable other operators to enter the market".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter16/09/2016 00:00

Palma airport

Palma airport

Nearly half a million passengers at Palma airport could be affected by French industrial action this weekend.

Teresa Ayuga 29/07/2016

Air traffic controllers' strikes in France are having regular impact on Majorca flights.

Transport

Protests, delays and cancellations at Palma airport

THE eleventh French air traffic controllers’ strike in three months caused flight delays and cancellations in the Balearics yesterday.

Humphrey Carter29/06/2016 00:00

Concerns have been raised regarding baggage handlers' pay and hours of work.

Employment

Government concerned about airport handlers' working conditions

Aena, the airports authority, turned down the government's suggestion for another meeting to consider working conditions.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/06/2016 00:00

Another record year is forecast for this year.

Tourism

Record number of passengers at Palma in 2015

A total of 23,745,131 passengers passed through the airport last year.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/01/2016 00:00

Typical passenger numbers at the airport this weekend

Tourism

Typical passenger numbers at the airport this weekend

Figures for next weekend are estimated to be 161,446 passengers on Saturday, 15 August, slightly fewer than today’s 164,629

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter07/08/2015 00:00

More records being set at Palma Airport.

Latest headlines

Record start to the peak of the season

Palma’s Son San Joan has got off to a record-breaking start to August today as foreign demand for holidays in Majorca continues to grow.

Humphrey Carter01/08/2015 00:00

Heavy rain has hit parts of Mallorca.

Latest news

More airport chaos in Mallorca on Wednesday

The storms will cause wind gusts of between 90 and 120 kilometres per hour, which could be even more intense in the north of Mallorca and the Tramuntana.

Humphrey Carter04/09/2024 11:57

Lisa Hogan and Jeremy Clarkson: Photo: Amazon Prime.

Celebs

Jeremy Clarkson's partner in near-death experience from Palma

Hogan and former Top Gear co-host Clarkson (64) have been together for seven years and first met at a party in 2017.

Jason Moore13/09/2024 14:29