"The Islands will lead the growth and recovery of tourism in Spain this summer due to the great demand for travel in the main European source markets," he said. Gándara also pointed out that demand for Balearic flights is at pre-pandemic levels and is much higher than other Spanish holiday hotspots.
ALA has again called for police reinforcements at passport control at airports with a high influx of tourists from the United Kingdom, such as Palma and Ibiza.
“Congestion translates into harm for national and international passengers and causes delays and missed flights and connections,” said Gándara. “At Easter, more than 3,000 people missed their connecting flights at Madrid-Barajas because of long waits and Brexit border filters and that could also happen in the Balearic Islands."
Air Traffic Control
Gándara says he’s worried about the new air traffic control system being installed in France, which could force Balearic flights to divert to German airspace.
”There will be an air saturation that will affect Balearic airports throughout the summer and cause long delays,” he said. “To minimise the impact airlines need to have reserve aircraft available to avoid an accumulation of delays.”
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This must be fake news as surely the anti tourist commie government would never allow this. Just wait till Vox get in power, they'll sort it out - by waving lots of flags and shouting 'Viva España' every 5 minutes!
It appears that the socialists' (imaginary) attempts to destroy tourism have failed. But there's still hope. They could be voted out and a new government could destroy tourism. But then, that would ruin the tactic of blaming it on the "socialists". You just can't win for losing 😳