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USO, UGT and CCOO have called workers Menzies Aviation Iberica, responsible for ground handling services, partial stoppages in five Spanish airports, where the Alicante-Elche Airport is included. Unions report that the strike has been called after a further delay in negotiating the collective agreement by the company. According to trade union sources, Menzies did not dare to solve any of the points raised in the platform presented by the social part. The companies affected by the strikes are mainly Easyjet…

More than 1.250.000 passengers used last july the Alicante Airport installations, this represents an increase of 3,8% from last year´s july.  National traffic continues being the most increased proportionally, as an augmentation of the 6,1% from spanish travelers was registered, making a total of 129.000, meanwhile intenational traffic increased a 3,9%, raising 1.120.000 passengers.  British passengers were, as usual, the most common at Alicante Airport, with a total of 509.000 passengers, far away from norweigan, deutch and dutch passengers.  Alicante…

The 2nd chapter of air controllers summer strike will continue next 11st and 12nd of july and 25th and 26th of the same month, due to the bad result of the meetings between the trades union and airport authorities. The air traffic controllers union, USCA confirmed the next stops scheduled, that will take part from 10 to 13h and again from 17 to 20h. In the mentioned days. The Alicante Airport, with an 80% of its flights going through Barcelona…

Alicante-Elche Airport closes the month of may with an increase of a 4,1% comparing with 2014´s may, as a result of its best historic register on the 5th month of the year. More than a million of passenger came through the Alicante Airport facilities at the more than 7000 flights operated last month, a 3% more than 2014´s may. This big increase has been posible thanks to the reactivation of the internal tourism, as the number of spanish passengers increased…