Ministry of Public Works demands that Spanair complies with its obligations to passengers
27/01/2012. The Ministry of Public Works has demanded that the company Spanair, S.A., after having announced that it will cease operations, complies with its obligations to its passengers, as required by legislation in force. More...
Clampdown on foreign cars in Spain
They don’t pay the fines for parking too long in the restricted blue parking zones, nor the fines for speeding; they pay no road tax; their vehicles are not taken for ITV tests…… Foreign residents More...
Spain takes legal action against Spanair
Spain’s government has launched legal action against the now-defunct airline Spanair for allegedly violating the country’s aviation regulations by suddenly ceasing operations. An estimated 22,000 passengers More...
‘VYRIATO’ TRAFFIC AND RADAR SYSTEM INSTALLS CONFIDENCE IN NHW
As George Orwell predicted, “Big Brother is watching you” and although video is involved, it has absolutely nothing to do with TV programming but all to do with Spain's most sophisticated video camera More...
One Spaniard "among dead" in Italian cruise ship disaster
Spanish survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster on Sunday began returning home from Italy. The cruise vessel, with some 4,000 passengers aboard, ran aground off the coast of the island of Giglio in the province More...
SPANISH FERRY IN COLLISION AT SEA
As all eyes looked towards the nautical disaster that unfolded off the coast of Italy, as the luxury liner Costa Concordia with 3,400 passengers and around 1,000 crew ran aground and ultimately sank to the ocean More...
ALICANTE FLIGHT STATISTICS IN DETAIL
During 2011, Alicante´s El Altet airport recorded 9,913,764 passengers, handled a total of 75,572 flights and 3011.6 tons of goods, according to the final report from airport operator Aena. This figure represents More...
Iberia cancels 118 flights on December 29 due to strike
Spanish carrier Iberia on Tuesday announced it was cancelling 118 flights scheduled for December 29 due to the second one-day stoppage this month by its pilots to protest the creation of a new low-cost airline. More...
THE ULTIMATE RYANAIR COMPROMISE
The Spanish airport authority AENA have offered what many consider to be the ultimate compromise to troubled airline Ryanair, in a bid to allow the airline to continue to serve Alicante El Altet airport. The boss More...
First day of Iberia pilots’ strike causes minimal disruption
At press time on Sunday, Spanish airline Iberia was operating "as normal," despite the fact its pilots were engaged in a strike. The company said that it was complying fully with the minimum service requirements More...
