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May 12th, 2010
Although the volcanic ash cloud has withdrawn, allowing most Spanish airport to open and giving some relief to many Atletico Madrid supporters, many fans are still worried they might not see tonight's Europa League final clash against Fulham because of delays at the German airport of Hamburg.
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May 7th, 2010
A new volcanic ash cloud is approaching the northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula and threatening air traffic in that area, as announced today by the European Agency for Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol). The cloud, a result of further eruptions from the Icelandic volcano,
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April 21st, 2010
After 6 days of chaos due to the ash cloud thrown over Europe by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, most airspace restrictions have now been removed and flights are finally returning to normal today. AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation) have said that a total of 1,630 flights, 19% of ...
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April 20th, 2010
About 250 British tourists who have been stuck for several days in Spain, many of them children, have now been given their return ticket home aboard a Royal Navy ship, the HMS Albion. They will share a 36-hour journey to Portsmouth with soldiers returning home from Afghanistan. The HMS Albion had ...
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April 16th, 2010
The airspace restrictions following the volcanic cloud originating from Iceland, and affecting flights across Europe, will now last until at least Saturday. The UK has just announced that it will maintain a full closure of all airspace until 1am Saturday morning when the situation will be re-evaluated again. Although, despite ...
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April 15th, 2010
All flights in and out of the several European countries have been suspended after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland sent an enormous cloud of ash towards mainland Europe. Amid fears of engine damage to planes passing through the ash-cloud, up to 4,000 flights are being cancelled with ...
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February 3rd, 2010
From the 1st of March, Iberia Airlines will charge its passengers 60 euros (or 50 euros if checking-in online) for carrying a second suitcase on all economy class flights in Spain and Europe, as well as some international journeys.
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January 16th, 2010
Iberia Airlines is recommending that its passengers to the United States should allow at least three hours before their flight, because of additional security measures being imposed by President Obama's Administration. With the justification of potential terrorist
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December 30th, 2009
According to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), 2009 will end with 15% more rainfall than normal As of December 29th. water levels were measured at 255 litres per square meter when usually this figure would be 221. The surplus has been strongly influenced by heavy rainfall
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December 23rd, 2009
A plane from the airline Spainair, serving the route from Madrid to Las Palmas, with 185 people aboard made an emergency landing this morning. The airport established a local alert, however "the landing was normal and no passengers were injured." The 185 passengers spent the night at the terminal of Seville, ...
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