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Brussels to investigate Spain’s historic fines against airlines for ‘abusive’ hand luggage rules

THE European Commission will investigate fines of €179 million imposed on five budget airlines, including Ryanair, for abusive practices. The penalties were announced last November

30 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·National News

‘We deserve respect!’: Spanish minister fumes over Ryanair row amid fears for Cadiz’s tourism industry

A SPANISH minister has called on Ryanair and Aena to settle their dispute after the budget carrier announced it was pulling out of Jerez airport.

30 Jan, 2025 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Lead·Travel News

Ryanair boss O’Leary says Spain’s Consumer Affairs minister is a ‘crazy communist’ for fining company €107m over abusive practices

RYANAIR chairman Michael O’Leary has branded Spain’s Consumer Affairs minister, Pablo Bustinduy as a ‘crazy communist minister’. The outburst came over fines totalling €179 million

29 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Ryanair scraps flights to two airports in Spain and cuts services to several others over ‘excessive fees’

RYANAIR says its cutting flights at seven airports in Spain this summer and blamed ‘excessive fees’ charged by airport operator Aena. The budget carrier has

17 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

Ryanair claims €15,000 in damages from 'disruptive' passenger who forced diversion of holiday flight to Spain

Ryanair claims €15,000 from ‘disruptive’ passenger who forced diversion of holiday flight to Spain

BUDGET airline Ryanair says it will take ‘disruptive’ passengers to court in a ‘major clampdown’ following an incident last year on a flight between Dublin

8 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain confirms eye-watering €179 million fine on airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet over ‘abusive practices’ like hand luggage charges

FIVE airlines including Ryanair and Easyjet have been fined a whopping total of €179 million for abusive practices. The penalty has been confirmed by Spain’s

22 Nov, 2024 @ 10:35

Lead·National News

Alicante airport launches first-ever direct flight to Greek hotspot – plus these new routes

EASYJET will launch Alicante-Elche airport’s first direct flight to the Greek capital Athens in 2025. The route is one of several new services that will

19 Nov, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Drunk’ Swiss passenger forces Ryanair flight to return to Spain after ‘lighting up cigarettes and screaming’ mid-air

A DRUNK passenger forced a Ryanair plane to make a quick return to Valencia Airport on Monday. The flight to Milan departed at 1.51pm but

29 Oct, 2024 @ 11:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Ryanair is being investigated over its use of facial recognition technology

BUDGET airline Ryanair is being investigated by the European Union over its use of facial recognition in the company’s customer verification process. Ireland’s Data Protection

7 Oct, 2024 @ 10:51

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Ryanair accused of blackmail and told to 'calm down' in tax row that will cause flight cuts in Spain

‘Disgusting!’: Ryanair changes its hand luggage policy, sparking a backlash

RYANAIR has received criticism online after increasing the potential price of bringing a large carry on onto your flight. As ever, if you want to

4 Oct, 2024 @ 16:44

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair apologises after passengers heading to Portugal were diverted to Spain due to heavy fog – before being ‘left without promised bus transfers at 1am’

BRITISH and Irish tourists have been left fuming after they were forced to complete their own journeys when their Ryanair flights to Portugal were diverted

4 Oct, 2024 @ 15:05

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair loses ‘historic’ battle in Spain after passenger wins back €13.20 in out-of-court settlement

RYANAIR has paid back €13.20 to a passenger after she successfully challenged their booking policy. According to consumer rights group FACUA, it is the ‘first

19 Sep, 2024 @ 18:52

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla·Travel News

Spain and the UK share more flights between them than any two countries in the WORLD: Incredible statistic is confirmed after expert ‘fact-checked’ claim made by outgoing British ambassador Hugh Elliott

THIS week saw Hugh Elliott’s time as British ambassador to Spain come to a close, and as he has done so many times over the

6 Sep, 2024 @ 14:38

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair reveals its new Spain routes but blasts the country’s airport taxes for ‘limiting’ growth

RYANAIR unveiled a growth plan on Thursday to invest €3 billion to expand its operations in Spain through to 2030 but threatened it will only

5 Sep, 2024 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Ryanair apologises for nightmare flight from Ireland to Spain after passengers were forced to wait more than four hours on the tarmac due to weather delay

A FAMILY is demanding €1,600 compensation following a four-hour delay to their flight from Dublin to Spain. The Spanish family, from Mallorca, have filed a

23 Aug, 2024 @ 06:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

British tourist in his 60s collapses and dies in Spain while waiting to board Ryanair flight home

A BRITISH tourist has died while waiting to board his flight home from Spain. The man, aged in his 60s, collapsed in the boarding area

25 Jul, 2024 @ 15:35

National News

Six arrests as fight breaks out on tarmac as Ryanair flight arrives Spain’s Tenerife from London Stansted

A MAJOR fight broke out on a Ryanair flight that had arrived at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia Airport in the Canary Islands, after departing from

13 Jul, 2024 @ 13:46

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Ryanair clocks up 55 million passengers at Costa Blanca airport since first flight 17 years ago

Costa Blanca airport milestone: Ryanair clocks up 55 million passengers since first flight 17 years ago

BUDGET airline Ryanair says that it has broken the 55 million passenger mark at Alicante-Elche airport since starting flights there in 2007. The debut service

13 Jul, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Watch: Video emerges of punch-up on Ryanair flight from Liverpool that was forced to make landing in Spain’s Galicia region

VIDEO footage has emerged of an altercation on a Ryanair flight last Thursday, which saw the plane forced to make an unscheduled landing in Santiago

10 Jul, 2024 @ 15:51

Lead·Travel News

Spain fines Ryanair, EasyJet and two other airlines a ‘historic’ €150million for ‘abusive’ hand luggage charges

BUDGET carrier Ryanair tops a list of four airlines that have been fined a total of €150 million by Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs for

31 May, 2024 @ 11:05

Lead·National News

Ryanair loses Supreme Court battle in Spain after cutting staff’s wages during the Covid pandemic

BUDGET airline Ryanair has been told by Spain’s Supreme Court that staff pay cuts and working condition changes imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic in July

8 Apr, 2024 @ 16:26

Galicia·Lead·National News·Other News

Tourists can't get enough of Spain with record July airport passenger numbers on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

New UK routes from Ryanair and EasyJet boost ‘high season’ schedule for Costa Blanca airport

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport is gearing up for another record year for passengers by announcing its biggest-ever schedule of ‘high season’ flights. The season runs between April

22 Mar, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Thieves Distracted Travellers In Well Planned Robberies At Spain's Valencia Airport

Airport strikes in Spain: Workers at major travel hub to walk out over Easter

AIRPORT staff unions have announced daily two-hour strikes over the busy Easter holiday period at Valencia. The stoppages will run between 11.00am and 1.00pm from

18 Mar, 2024 @ 10:02

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drunk British passengers consume airport booze and perform sex acts in front on children on Ryanair flight to Spain's Canary Islands

Ryanair to add seven new destinations from Alicante this summer

BUDGET airline Ryanair will add a total of nine new routes to the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez airport, connecting the Costa Blanca tourist hotspot to cities

3 Mar, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead

Flights to Spain and Europe will be more expensive this summer, Ryanair boss warns – this is why

FLIGHTS will be more expensive across Europe this summer due to a lack of new planes, the boss of Ryanair has warned. Michael O’Leary said

27 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

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Storm Isha wreaks havoc: Holidaymakers returning from Spain to Ireland are forced to land in FRANCE after spending more than six hours in the air

HOLIDAYMAKERS returning from Lanzarote were left shocked after their return flight to Ireland was diverted to the south of France. The Ryanair flight from the

22 Jan, 2024 @ 16:01

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News