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Low-cost passengers boom in the Balearics

Balearic airports handled a total of 2.81 million low-cost passengers during the first seven months of this year, 5.7% more than last year.

Passengers at Palma airport | Majorca Daily Bulletin

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporterPalma17/08/2015 00:00

And during last month alone, the Balearics handled 925,463 passengers while Majorca handled a total of two million low-cost passengers during the first seven months of the year and 592,194 last month.

The Balearics handled 3.78 million scheduled airline passengers, a fall of 2.1 per cent in comparison to the first seven months of last year.

10% increase

At a national level, low-cost airlines accounted for slightly under 50% of all passengers passing through Spain’s airports during the first seven months of this year: an increase of close on 10% to over 20 million in all. In July, this percentage rose to over 50% (4.3 million passengers).

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Andrew Rawson | over 9 years ago

When you go to book a flight, you discover there are only low-cost flights one way. The return flight is quadruple the price. It is a con and should be banned.

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Airlines

Low-cost passengers boom in the Balearics

Balearic airports handled a total of 2.81 million low-cost passengers during the first seven months of this year, 5.7% more than last year.

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