Air Méditerranée now links the French capital airport of Paris CDG (CDG) with the Balearic island of Palma de Mallorca (PMI), using the airline’s A320 family of aircraft. The weekly service (Saturdays) on the 1,051-kilometre sector, which began on 12 April, will face direct competition from Jetairfly, which started its own twice-weekly seasonal operation on […]
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Air Méditerranée tempts Parisian sun-seekers with Palma de Mallorca
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Mallorca investment to attract more tourists
The Tourist Accomodation Consortium plans to invest €3.6 million to improve tourism infrastructures and beat seasonality in Mallorca. Towns which are interested in carrying out projects have a month to present them, and they will have to pay 20% of the budget. Tourists stayed an average of 4.91 days in Mallorca in February this year, […]
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Ryanair’s network re-invention at Brussels Airport
Ryanair has opened its second Belgian base at Brussels Zaventem with four aircraft set to offer ten new routes, delivering up to 1.5 million passengers per year. The low cost carrier revealed the move will result in sustaining 1,500 “on-site” jobs at Brussels Zaventem Airport with 200 weekly flights. The decision to start flying out […]
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Gigantic Tapas Fest in Palma
There’s an enormous food fest taking place in Palma’s Parc de la Mar recreation area in front of the cathedral on the Balearic Day public holiday on 1st March. Organised by Chefs(in) the association of top chefs from the Balearic Islands, it’s another of their Peccata Minuta events which bring small tapa or pintxo sized […]
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A winter boost: airlines look at low season flights to Mallorca
BRITISH airlines Jet2 and Monarch could be giving Mallorca a winter boost. They are considering operating routes to Palma during the winter in a move that would be good news for local businesses hoping to attract low season trade. City mayor Mateu Isern travelled to London to promote the city as an all-year-round holiday destination. […]
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Palma de Mallorca 365 launches at ME London
Last night saw the Spanish Tourist Office in London and the Tourism Foundation Palma de Mallorca 365 launch a new tourism initiative geared towards making the popular Balearic Island a year-round destination for Brits. Almost 2.5 million Brits visited Mallorca in 2013, a 7.2% year on year increase, however, seasonality is high and it continues […]
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airBaltic to launch New Riga – Palma de Mallorca Route
Latvian national airline airBaltic is set to launch a new route between Riga and Palma de Mallorca, Spain later this year. The new route will offer convenient connections between the two cities and beyond to destinations in the Baltic region, Scandinavia, Russia and the CIS countries. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic said: “Our […]
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Weekly direct flights from Channel Islands to Majorca launched
Jersey will continue to enjoy a weekly direct flight to the Med. in 2014, as FlyDirect announce a jet service that will take islanders to the island of Majorca in just 2 hours. Guernsey residents will also be able to take advantage of this service with same-day connecting flights. The tour operator will be providing […]
