Transport
Palma low-season flights up by over four per cent
Over six million seats are currently scheduled between now and the end of March.
Transport
Airport passenger numbers rose by 5% in August
Palma airport had 4.18 million passengers in August, up by 5.2%.
Majorca
Airport, holiday prices, chambermaids: the week in Majorca
Night flights and possible airport strikes; tour operators holding back on hotel contracts; tourist tax going up. And what did chambermaids have to do with the tourist tax?
Health
Demand for more soundproofing against aircraft noise
Aena's measurements for determining the need for soundproofing are said to not be correct.
Transport
Airline industry warns of harm from stopping Palma night flights
"I don't believe that it (the town hall) has acted with common sense or with having thought about the economic consequences."
Transport
Palma wanting an end to night flights
Palma town hall is making a number of requests about flights, noise and pollution.
Palma airport
Palma airport will obviously be affected if there are strikes.
Transport
Air Berlin's decline ends in insolvency
Air Berlin's losses were staggering and it faced ever-mounting competition. Palma flights and jobs are safe for at least the remainder of this summer season.
Transport
Madrid government accused of passport control "negligence"
PSOE members of Congress from the Balearics are blaming the government for the passport control situation. Yesterday was another record day at the airport. Queues, yes, but they are being dealt with.
Transport
Government trying again to get co-management of Palma airport
The regional government wants to be able to moderate high-season traffic and boost it in the low season.
Majorca
Tourismphobia and insufferable heat: the week in Majorca
A small group of radicals latched onto the tourist saturation theme; Majorca was enduring an intense heatwave; Calvia was celebrating action against illegal sellers; and the airport was never out of the news.
Transport
Taxi drivers threatening new action against airport pirate operators
Taxi drivers say that the transport ministry and Palma town hall have not kept to promises about inspectors and police.
Transport
EasyJet celebrates 20 millionth passenger at Palma
Stewart Draper received a pleasant surprise when he arrived yesterday at Palma airport.
Transport
Palma airport breaking records again
There were more flights at Palma yesterday than ever before.
Police
More police for airport passport control
More police are being drafted in for passport control, and there are now more scanners for boarding passes.
Transport
Private jet flights using Palma up by 15% this year
Demand for luxury residential tourism is contributing to increased private jet flights.
Travel
Tour firms getting passengers to airport extra early
The police confederation said yesterday that the main problem is that the number of officers has been cut.
Travel
Urgent action being taken to resolve passport chaos
Aena and the National Police are working together in resolving the issues and three steps are being taken.
Travel
Passport chaos for Britons at Palma airport
The number of National Police officers on passport duty is not within the airports authority's jurisdiction.
Police
Police union condemns airport and flight drunkenness
The union has "deep concern" about repeated and daily incidents of assaults and fights at airports.