3 d. ago Major Spanish airport in chaos as construction sparks huge queues

Travellers were subject to longer than normal security lines at a Majorca airport recently due to construction work, but the Spanish airport authority assures that this was a "one-off incident"

Society

5 d. ago EasyJet passenger slams £21 compo offer and demands proof of bird strike

Melvyn Chazen's flight home from Turkey was delayed when birds are said to have struck the plane's engine.

Economics

5 d. ago Furious tourist 'offered £21 by easyJet' after being stranded in Turkey

Melvyn Chazen, from Wavertree, is demanding 'proof' after easyJet told customers a bird strike was the reason behind their flight from Bodrum being delayed until the next day

Economics

6 d. ago Expert reveals how to avoid missing out with Spanish airport strikes due

Brits could be facing delays, cancellations and disruption this summer as airports in Spain are gearing up for weeks of strikes – but an expert has weighed in on how to stay protected

Events

1 week ago British teenager boards wrong flight at Menorca airport and ends up in Italy

Boy, 15, became separated from his family, who were due to fly back to London Stansted, at island’s Mahon airportA British teenager separated from his family at a busy Spanish airport on Monday boarded a flight to Italy instead of his return flight to London.The 15-year-old was supposed to fly with Tui from Menorca to Stansted but disappeared in the island’s Mahon airport. Continue reading...

Transport

1 week ago Huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake 'damages Russian nuclear sub base'

The Rybachiy base, which hosts nuclear-powered submarines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, is around 80 miles from where the powerful earthquake that struck last week

Events

1 week ago Parents' horror as son, 15, is put on wrong plane after they were separated at Spanish airport... and flew without a ticket to Milan instead of London

The incident occurred after they were separated from him in a busy airport in Menorca, Spain, ahead of their scheduled Tui flight back to London Stansted

Society

1 week ago Passengers in 'sheer panic' after holiday flight severely damaged by huge bird

Passengers suffered oxygen shortages after a serious bird strike left the plane filled with smoke with the front of the craft seriously damaged. One woman said she 'couldn't breathe' as the chaos unfolded

Events

1 week ago Brit couple's son boards flight to wrong country while lost at busy Spanish airport

The British youngster managed to board a flight from Menorca to Milan this morning, when he was supposed to be on a flight back home to London Stansted

Transport

1 week ago World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the LancetPlastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. The world is in a “plastics crisis”, it concluded, which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5tn (£1.1tn) a year in health-related damages.The driver of the crisis is a huge acceleration of plastic production, which has increased by more than 200 times since 1950 and is set to almost triple again to more than a billion tonnes a year by 2060. While plastic has many important uses, the most rapid increase has been in the production of single-use plastics, such as drinks bottles and fast-food containers. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Terrifying pictures show huge damage to front of Airbus which was hit by a bird strike after taking off from Spanish airport

An Airbus plane has been grounded after suffering massive damage as it was hit by a bird while taking off from a Spanish airport. 

Events

4 w. ago Spain begins evicting homeless people from airport as crackdown begins

The Spanish airport authority, AENA, has warned that homeless people will have to leave Barajas in Madrid after a reception centre is set up.

Society

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The Spanish airport authority, AENA, has warned that homeless people will have to leave Barajas in Madrid after a reception centre is set up.

Society