Tag: airport

Netherlands: Chaos at Schiphol airport sparks ground strike

Netherlands: Chaos at Schiphol airport sparks ground strike Netherlands: Chaos at Schiphol airport sparks ground strike

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport today urged travelers not to go there for several hours, as the ground staff strike at the start of the school holiday season wreaked havoc on Europe’s third busiest airport. “The terminal is suffocatingly full at the moment; Siphol is urging travelers not to come to the airport anymore,” airport officials said […]

Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport

Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport Netherlands: Waiting hours and Covid-19 test for hundreds of South African passengers at Amsterdam Airport

Hundreds of passengers, who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa today, were faced with hours of delays while undergoing a covid-19 test due to concerns about the new coronavirus variant. The Dutch government issued a ban on all passengers on flights from South Africa earlier today. Health Minister Hugo de Jong said […]

Hospitality and trade unions warn by letter to Sánchez of the risk of bankruptcy of businesses at airports due to Aena’s conditions

Hospitality and trade unions warn by letter to Sánchez of the risk of bankruptcy of businesses at airports due to Aena’s conditions

The hospitality employers and trade unions have sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, in which they warn of the risk of bankruptcy of the businesses in the airports managed by Aena, and the loss of the 12,000 associated jobs, due to the rental conditions that the airport manager imposes on these businesses. […]

Archaeologists find ancient statues near Athens airport: they are more than 2,300 years old – photo

Archaeologists find ancient statues near Athens airport: they are more than 2,300 years old – photo

Archaeologists have found ancient statues near the airport of Athens, which are believed to be more than 2,300 years old. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Greece. As noted, the excavations took place in the municipality of Peania, at the site where the new city hall […]

T2 at El Prat airport is closed again due to lack of flights

T2 at El Prat airport is closed again due to lack of flights

The passenger operation of the airport of Barcelona concentrates again from this week on the terminal T1, just as it happened during the alarm state. The reason is the same: the lack of air traffic in facilities that, far from managing between 700 and 800 daily flights as they were used to at this time […]

El Prat airport, in its lowest hours due to the coronavirus crisis

El Prat airport, in its lowest hours due to the coronavirus crisis

The airport of Barcelona it has run out of flights to the United States for the first time in 40 years. The airline Level, belonging to the group IAG, was the last to suspend its route to New York. At the beginning of last March, the three main US airlines canceled all connections to or […]

The Government recoils from the pressure of the Autonomous Communities and will demand PCR from all tourists from countries at risk

The Government recoils from the pressure of the Autonomous Communities and will demand PCR from all tourists from countries at risk

Spain will request a negative PCR test from all international travelers arriving from risk countries as of November 23. This is what the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has communicated to the autonomous communities this Wednesday in the Inter-territorial Council on Foreign Health. The tests will be done in the tourist’s country of origin (not […]