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Jet2 suspends flights and holidays from UK to Spain until late June due to 'uncertainty' over British government travel proposals

Jet2 scraps UK flights and holidays to Spain and all destinations until late June due to ‘uncertainty’

SPAIN’S struggling tourist sector has been dealt a fresh blow with news today(April 9) that Jet2 has suspended all flights and holidays from the UK

9 Apr, 2021 @ 17:00

Must Read·Travel News

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

CURFEWS AND CLOSURES: How the end of Spain’s State of Alarm will change COVID-19 rules

SPAIN’S second State of Alarm is set to finish on May 9 if Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has his way. The measure was introduced on

7 Apr, 2021 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·National News

Two endangered camel calves born in Spain

TWO endangered camels, of the double-humped Bactrian species, have been born at Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura in Las Palmas. The largest theme park in the Canary

7 Apr, 2021 @ 10:30

Environment·Lead·Other News

Lifeboat in port in Gran Canaria after migrant rescue Cordon press

Toddler revived on quayside by medics after migrant rescue in Spain’s Canary Islands

RED Cross workers resuscitated a toddler, one of nine children among 52 migrants rescued off the Canary Islands on Tuesday evening. The young girl, thought

17 Mar, 2021 @ 17:17

Canary Islands·Lead

Carlos Mazon Alicante Provincial Council

Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourist chiefs say Spain’s government is biased against them compared to Balearic and Canary Islands

TOURISM chiefs on the Costa Blanca have said they are not getting as good a deal from the national government as Spain’s island destinations. The

15 Mar, 2021 @ 17:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish airline makes it onto Edreams’ ‘World’s Best’ list

IT may be one of Europe’s smaller airlines, but then bigger is not always better. Binter Canarias was the only Spanish airline to place on

3 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Travel News

Rescatados 61 Migrantes Subsaharianos A Bordo De Una Patera En Las Costas De Tenerife

500 migrants arrive in Spain’s Canary Islands over the course of Christmas

AROUND 500 migrants have arrived in the Canaries over the course of the Christmas period so far. In the course of 24 hours 404 people

27 Dec, 2020 @ 19:53

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Jet2 suspends all flights and holidays between England and Spain’s Canary Islands until end of lockdown

BRITISH holiday giant Jet2 has announced it is suspending all flights and holiday packages from England to the Canary Islands. It comes as England is

4 Nov, 2020 @ 19:03

Lead·National News·Travel News

'Spain WILL NOT be on UK 'Green' travel list before the end of July' says UK ambassador on a visit to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca

UK Ambassador praises Canary Islands on becoming first part of Spain to see travel quarantine scrapped

THE UK Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has welcomed the news that the Canary Islands will be added to Britain’s Travel Corridors list this weekend.

23 Oct, 2020 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·National News·Travel News

CANARY ISLANDS: Migrant arrivals surge to more than 1,000 in 48 hours

MORE than 1,000 migrants have arrived in hundreds of small boats on the coats of Spain’s Canary Islands in just 48 hours. It is thought

11 Oct, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

TUI resumes flights to Spain’s Mallorca from October 15 as COVID-19 cases continue to decline

The German tour operator had previously cancelled all of its flights and holidays to Spain in mid August

9 Oct, 2020 @ 13:30

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Quarantine for returning UK travellers branded ‘disastrous’ by Balearic Islands and as ‘reaction to Spain’s transparency’ on coronavirus figures as it campaigns to be made exempt

Consell de Mallorca president slammed the two-week quarantine as 'disastrous' noting that it would impact the region considerably

27 Jul, 2020 @ 13:17

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Gang illegally exported tonnes of toxic waste from Spain to Africa

SPANISH police have arrested 34 people who were smuggling toxic waste from the Canary Islands to Africa. Amongst the 2.5 tonnes of material were electrical

29 Jun, 2020 @ 16:09

Lead·National News

Number of migrants arriving on Spain’s Canary Islands in first half of 2020 increases sixfold compared to 2019

THE number of migrants arriving to the Canary Islands in the first half of this year has increased sixfold compared to the same period in

29 Jun, 2020 @ 14:46

Lead

First UK air bridges set for Spain’s Balearic Islands as TUI predicts flights by July

TUI’s Commercial Director Richard Sofer has given the strongest indication yet that the company will begin flights this July. In a statement released this morning,

22 Jun, 2020 @ 12:59

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Spain set for its first floating wind farm in Canary Islands waters

SPAIN is set to get its first full-scale floating offshore wind farm. Greenalia has applied for planning permission to build a 50MW capacity project in

3 Jun, 2020 @ 15:23

Lead·National News

Jon Clarke tracks the Nazi Gold Trail to Madrid and Gibraltar, hot on the heels of our expose on a Nazi U-boat base in Spain’s Canary Islands

HOW could a stockpile of looted Nazi gold larger than some country’s bullion reserves disappear without trace? The macabre mystery has been the subject of

16 May, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News