444 flights cancelled in Spain due to strike from 5 to 8 January
Iberia is asking all passengers to check in advance via the website and to arrive at airports earlier than usual.
Your weekly news catch up in Mallorca
This week we talk about booze on board, tourists in Arenal, law of excesses, boring Magalluf, flight cancellations.....
Palma Airport had most delays and cancellations this summer
Purely in terms of cancellations, Palma had the second highest number of passengers.
"Avalanche" of claims against airlines expected in Mallorca
There is now also the prospect of a strike by Spain's air-traffic controllers.
More flight cancellations planned for August
Only two percent of Europe's flight schedule for August has been cancelled.
Eurowings cancelling hundreds of flights
There isn't information as yet about which flights from Germany to Spain will be affected.
EasyJet cancelling more than 200 flights
The airline has been hit by a string of problems since the removal of Covid restrictions led to a rebound in travel.
German airlines cancel flights to Balearic Islands in January and February
Omicron variant paralyses bookings to Mallorca across Europe.
Travel
Lauda cancels Majorca flights
Due to Covid-19, flights have been cancelled for a three-week period.
Weather
Storm Ciara batters Britain, hitting flights, trains and soccer
Storms across Europe cancel flights.
Weather
Cyclone Ana causes flight cancellations and fallen trees
A combination of storms in Spain and snow elsewhere in Europe meant flight cancellations. There were emergency calls from across Majorca today, mainly because of fallen trees.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Major security alert at Mallorca airport, surprise landing of flights from Morocco and Namibia
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Comment
Confidential: Limping whilst walking in the countryside
I don’t know if the same debate about obesity is raging in Spain as it is in Britain at the moment, but here it has got very political.
Frank Leavers13/04/2022 15:12