Your campaign to get winter flights re-instated has been fantastic and it is great that as from next year Ryanair will be flying from Scotland twice a week. Personally, I believe that the Spanish authorities must work on this by reducing winter airport charges to similar levels that are enjoyed by tourists in Benidorm and Costa Del Sol.
The Scottish government has already taken a big step by reducing airport passenger duty by 50% and according to Keith Brown, the minister for infrastructure, the Scottish government wants to fade it out completely in the near future.
The Daily Bulletin reported that on 8 January 2016 that Benidorm had an occupancy rate of approximately 80% in the second half of December. I believe at the same time Majorca had an occupancy level of only 2%. I believe Palma city now has a group known as the 365 group and they are actively promoting tourism in Palma throughout the whole year. I hope they are successful.
When I returned from Majorca at the end of January the airport departures board highlighted 75 flights of which only one was to the UK. The authorities still have a long way to go to build up British winter tourism again.
Yours sincerely
Ian Rice
Britain’s Referendum
Dear Sir,
Is it wrong of me to believe that the 15-year rule was put in place to stop expats voting in general elections etc and not for more serious issues such as the EU referendum?
If this is the case, it does not need a change in an Act of Parliament but only that Mr Cameron needs to waive the 15-year rule for this life-changing vote.
Yours sincerely
C Crane
Palma
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Silversurfer . have you seen the state of the MPs in England ? have you seen some of their Expense forms ? have you seen the pay rise they have just voted themselves ? I wouldn't trust them to run a bath never mind vote on my behalf on such an important subject .
Should the UK leave the European Union ? Why should the UK spend millions of pounds having a referendum on the issue ? We have general elections where we elect MPs to make decisions on our behalf. If we don´t trust them enough to make these decisions, we shouldn´t elect them in the first place ! Save the money the country can ill afford - let our MPs decide.