The arrival of Britain's finest: Four cruise ships set to dock in Palma
Thousands of passengers will give Palma an economic lift.
Home from home! The cruise ship where you can own an apartment docks in Palma
Some people live full-time on board
EU extends flight compensation wait for four hours: What it means for travellers in Mallorca
A step in the wrong direction
Spain court rules that Ryanair must refund passenger for hand luggage charge
The legal argument centres on the concept of hand luggage being “indispensable” to transportation services.
Flights cancelled as blackout hits Palma airport
"An atmosphere of tense calm at Palma airport...."
New train service will have 10 kilometre underground section, linked with Palma airport
The project will cost more than 800 million euros
Tens of thousands of Mallorca-bound British tourists facing long air delays this summer, airline boss warns
Delays in June, July and August.
Spanish flights hit by Heathrow close down, counter-terrorism police investigating
"City Flyer flight arrived at Palma airport...."
Ryanair takes legal action against passenger who disrupted Spanish flight
"We have initiated a private criminal prosecution against this passenger"

Renovation work being done at Palma airport.
Palma airport needs to look after its customers…
Renovation work being done at Palma airport
One-in-five Britons could stay away from Mallorca once much delayed European travel programme is introduced, says survey
The Entry/Exit System (EES) will be an automated IT system for registering travellers from third-countries
Air France-KLM looking to buy 20 percent stake in Mallorca airline
Discussions under way about commercial cooperation with Air Europa.

Arriving passengers queue at UK Border Control at the Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London
Airlines secure no quarantine for vaccinated passengers from European Union, U.S.
Arriving passengers queue at UK Border Control at the Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London.
Travel
Too many cruise ships?
The main demand is that there be a maximum of 4,000 passengers who leave ships and go into Palma on any given day.
Transport
Air traffic delays rising warns eurocontrol
Air traffic delays in Europe more than doubled in the first five months of this year over 2017, according to European air traffic management body Eurocontro
Record season
You would have thought that you wouldn’t be able to move around Palma on Tuesday with six cruise ships with 17,000 passengers visiting the port. But in fact the centre of the city was relatively quiet...in fact too quiet for peak season
Port
17,000 cruise passengers to flock into Palma today with six liners sailing in
Today, the Port of Palma is going to be hosting six cruise liners, the maximum cap placed by the government after last August when eight cruise liners met in Palma at the same time, prompting the debate over Palma saturation.
- Dangerous viral trend takes over Mallorca beaches as tourists share extreme tanning results
- Mallorca protest to bring Palma airport to a standstill
- Three-metre crocodile returns to Mallorca lake
- Roger Federer surprises Rafa Nadal in Mallorca
- One passenger injured on Palma Airport route as bus strike turns ugly
Comment
Palma airport needs to look after its customers…
The winter of unreasonable discontent is how Palma Airport is being talked about right now.
Shirley Roberts31/01/2025 09:25