Last week police arrested a passenger on a Jet2 flight from Glasgow to Alicante. It seems this person was going to Benidorm with a group of friends on a bachelor party and despite the early hour of the flight had already consumed enough alcohol before it. At flight, the group began to raise his voice and began to disturb other passengers, jumping and running through the halls, and even confronting to other passengers. The aircraft commander, despite the disorder, decided…

The entry into force of the new EU rules regarding baggage, caused long lines last weekend to pass through passport control at the Alicante Airport. Despite the increase of staff prepared to avoid this situation, as announced by the director of the Network of Airports AENA, the time required to pass control increased 45 minutes on average, that travelers waited patiently. As recorded by the rules, from now on new baggage inspections will include the control of every electronic device,…

The CCOO union has called several days of strike at Swissport, responsible of handling in several Spanish airports, because of the difficulties in arriving to a collective bargaining agreement, as reported by the majority union in the company.  The strike will affect more than 2,000 workers at the Alicante-Elche, Almería, Málaga, Formentera, Jerez, Barcelona-El Prat airports and Barajas cargo terminal.  The points of the pending negotiations to reach an agreement are a salary increase, jobs manteinment and other issues as…