Best May for airport

those making a difference.

The group is bringing back the prize for a second year after it received an incredible response in its first edition last year.

The Soroptimist Award will celebrate plastic reducing achievements in various categories, including food farming and distribution, production of food products, education and awareness, innovation and technology, and a special recognition for a restaurant promoting local, organic cuisine.

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It took place in a private house with a large garden and guests were invited to bring along their own drinks and picnics and also take part in a competition for the best dressed table which was eventually won by a collection of Santa Claus characters.

There was a raffle with many top prizes and funds from this were to be shared by Age Concern Marbella and San Pedro, Collective Calling and the Duquesa Charitable Society of St George.

The musical entertainment was divided into two halves with the first half featuring Nolan Frendo, who was lead singer with popular Gibraltar band Jetstream and he was followed by the choir with a number of different numbers, but keeping the Gibraltar connection with the song One Moment in Time written by the Rock’s most famous musician Albert Hammond.

During the interval, it was the turn of a collection of energetic Tunas (a group of students, all dressed up in traditional costume who sing their serenades) entertained until Nolan Frendo returned followed by Rafa a cellist from Gibraltar and then a final selection from Camerata Sotogrande ( https://www.camerata sotogrande.org/).

MALAGA­Costa del Sol airport has recorded the best month of May in its history, breaking the two million passenger mark for the first time.

According to a statement published on Monday, June 12, by Aena , the facility handled 2,151,159 users. That is a 16.1 per cent increase on the same month of 2022.

This number of travellers exceeds the data registered prior to the pandemic by 245,000. In May 2019, a total of 1,914,226 passengers passed through the Malaga hub.

Previously, Malaga Airport had only exceeded two million users in the months of July and August of 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022. The figure was also achieved on one occasion in June and September 2019, as well as last April, when 2,020,881 passengers were recorded.

Compared to 2022, the scale of operations also grew. A total of 15,320 flights used the airport, an increase of 7.6 per cent. Of the 2,147,714 passengers who used commercial connections, 1,789,541 were on international flights, showing a rise of 15.1 per cent on last May. Another 358,173 used flights of national origin or destination, again, an increase of 22.6 per cent.

The United Kingdom once again led the way with a total of 549,076 travellers using Malaga Airport in May. It was followed by Germany with 166,827, France with 139,255, the Netherlands with 128,456, and Ireland with 109,246.

A total of 58,233 arrivals and departures were registered at Malaga in these first five months of 2023, up by 11.4 per cent on last year.