PALMA
THE head of the Majorcan Tourist Board, Pedro Iriondo, yesterday criticised low cost airlines easyJet and Ryanair for never bringing quality tourists to the island and for never carrying business clients.
During a speech entitled Perspectives for the current tourist season at yesterday's first Tourism Forum, he accused the two airlines of leaving their clients hanging in the air when things go wrong and that, in general, the tourists which travel to Majorca with these airlines either stay in non-regulated apartments or rent rural properties which belong to Britons.
DEFENSE OF KEY CLIENT
I once flew with Ryanair and I'd never do it again, he said.
However, the Director of Palma Airport, Nemesio Suarez, was quick to defend both airlines proclaiming that the airport would support both because they are key clients.
Suarez added that the low cost airlines have forced the traditional scheduled airlines to become more competitive while Ryanair has over 2.6 million flight seats into Palma this year and is opening the island up to new markets such as Italy and Denmark.
The President of the Association of Restaurant Businesses, Pilar Carbonell, also publicly distanced herself from Iriondo's comments pointing out that business executives use both airlines.
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