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A record-breaking August for airport
Not listed MORE than 32,000 jobless people in the province are not officially registered in Public Service of Employment (SEPS) data, unions say.
Farmers face uncertainty THE severe drought experienced in Alicante Province has led to an uncertain future for farmers of the Vega Baja. The lack of rain has affected more than 140,000 hectares of rain-fed crops across the province to the point where certain
areas have lost 100 per cent of the crop in production of nuts, cereals and olives, leaving hundreds of farms on the verge of bankruptcy. According to a farmers’ association, the drought has cost the agricultural industry €80 million.
ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport has registered a new record in the number of passengers. According to AENA, Spain’s airports authority, more people than ever used the airport during the month of August. With more than 1.2 million passengers, it was the busiest month in the history of the airport, surpassing July and showing a 4 per cent increase compared to August 2013. There were 132,051 travellers through domestic flights, an increase of over 22 per cent compared to August last year. International flights also rose by 1.8 per cent with 532,329 passengers from the UK and 90,213 from Germany.