Jumping the queue

SPANISH airport governing body AENA has put the sale of shuttle bus tickets from Pal‐ma airport out to tender to avoid last year’s saturation problems.

Fliers landing at Son Sant Joan last sum‐mer were met with a lack of public trans‐port, which led to queues, delays and com‐plaints.

To prevent a repeat of the situation dur‐ing peak season this year, AENA has con‐tacted public transport chiefs and the Balearic Travel Agency Association to es‐tablish two ticket sale points at the airport.

The goal is for the new ticket service to

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be up and running before the start of the high season. As it is already too late in the day to build the new offices this year, AE‐NA will set up mobile sale points for tickets from the airport to the island’s tourist ar‐eas.

Under regional regulations, shuttle ser‐vice tickets will have to be booked by fliers 24 hours before landing.

British and German travel operators have agreed with the measures and state that any measures aimed at facilitating transport from the airport to the hotels and tourist hotspots are welcome.

equipment more frequent‐ly, was suitable for normal conditions but not for emergencies.

The 500 square ‐ metre warehouse in Marratxi cur‐rently contains 136 million units of sanitary provisions spread over 2,500 pallets and worth €18.2 million, al‐though spokespeople for the regional health service reveal that there is still room for more.

Previously, material such as disposable gowns, anti‐gen tests, face masks and syringes was stored at three separate warehouses with the subsequent logis‐tic problems, which have now been eliminated by unifying the stocks in one place.

CARAVAN and motorhome owners in Mallorca have announced a demonstra‐tion to demand the cre‐ation of places to park and spend the night in Palma. The protesters will gather outside Brico Depot on May 6 and drive through the streets of the capital in a repeat of a previous demonstration in Septem‐ber last year that gathered more than 70 vehicles.

“We request the elimina‐tion of ‘illegal’ restrictions on our sector” reads the poster announcing the May protest, suggesting the creation of motorhome parks and campsites specif‐ically for these vehicles, which are currently lacking on the island.

The protesters also re‐quest more clean water collection and wastewater disposal points, two of which already exist in Son Servera and at Son Castelló industrial estate. Organisers are keen to distance them‐selves from people who are forced to live in caravans due to being unable to af‐ford housing.