27 Jan - 2 Feb 2022
Border holdups VISITORS to Gibraltar are often surprised at the length of time that it can take to drive across the border when arriving and often blame the Spanish passport checks. However, every time a flight lands or takes off the road across the runway is closed well in advance of flight arrival and then for safety reasons remains closed until the aircraft has taxied to the terminal. One might think that there aren’t many flights to the Rock so this should‐ n’t prove a problem and in the case of scheduled flights that is the case, but Gibraltar is actually an RAF air base so regular Ministry of Defence flights take place. Now the Gibraltar gov‐ ernment has revealed that the number of non‐ scheduled services has be‐ come an important source of revenue for the terminal as private jets and corporate charters mean that during 2021 some 469 aircraft landed and departed, meaning that there were 18 addi‐ tional runway closures a week to add to the delays.
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