Transport
Technical fault grounds hundreds of planes and passengers for four hours
Delays and cancellations because of the technical fault at Palma's control centre. | Miquel A. Cañellas
Palma12/04/2017 00:00
For four hours this afternoon, Palma airport was only able to operate minimum services because of a fault in the airport control centre. The fault occurred at 13.15 and was not repaired until 17.15 during which time nine flights were cancelled and scores of other flights were delayed. The fault meant that, at first, the airport could only operate at 40 per cent capacity, with just six flights being allowed to take off and land per hour for the four hours the system was down.
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Who was then responsible for the delay, was it the airport authority or the airlines itself, were the passengers whose flight were delayed or cancelled are able to receive compensation from the airlines? What I have read through certain blogs is, if airlines were responsible for delays or cancellations, they should compensate the passengers for the inconvenience caused ( Source: https://www.claimflights.co.uk/flight-delay-compensation ). As the reason behind delay or cancellation was technical fault, which is not considered as extraordinary circumstances, probably all the passengers who were affected by, are able to ask for compensation.It's good to know, that the claims can be made for the flights back up to 2 or 3 years in most EU member states, whereas I suppose for UK, it's 6 years.
Thank you for that Hace doesn't explain why only one passport official was dealing with thousands of people.
Stricter Schengen external border rules came into effect last Friday April 7 with each and every passport now being checked electronically, not just glanced at. Spanish TV warned last week that this would mean longer queues for those departing to non-Schengen countries. The same will apply (even more so I should imagine) to those coming into Spain from all non-Schengen countries, not just the UK! But this was already happening in the UK the last time I visited three years ago and with a British passport, with the subsequent long slow queue, so nothing new there.
It's Easter Barry - big holiday - get used to it! We came back from UK last week - very fast entry. Police didn't even look at our passports.
Have a look today at the queues for Brits arriving at Palma airport then tell me I was wrong
Use your loaf Barry !
Paco was off last night, and as far as I could see, there weren´t any free tables available. Sorry Barry.
Magnificient wind-up Barry! Worthy of Private Eye and outraged of Tunbridge Wells. See you at our usual table in Macdonalds!
Barry, given the queues I face when I return to the UK at passport control, I assume you will never be leaving the UK on holiday.
Been travelling to Majorca since 1960, bought a retirement home in Port Andratx ten years ago. Never had any trouble with passport control. Yesterday on a flight from Manchester caught up in Gibraltar type queue, clearing it was longer than the flight. Obviously deliberate. We were travelling with friends who were specifically here to buy a property, not any more. They were also remainers on Brexit, again not any more. As they pointed out, for the length of time it took for the flight and passport control they could be in Antigua. The immediate effect that we couldn't get to the Yacht Club for dinner. Probable loss £500. Sorry Paco. The long term effects are that we are selling our property, happy days for Engels and Volker. We are changing all our German cars for Jaguars and Range Rovers. We come to Majorca for a rest not to be political pawns. I suppose some faceless eurocrat is puffing up his cheat with pride.