Light And Shadows
The island of Mallorca is not a very large place by any means, considering its land extension or the size of its population. But that’s only one side of the […]
Almost Back To Normal
Palma International Airport (PMI) was almost back to normal yesterday, thank you very much, as was most of the airspace in Spain and, really, most of air traffic in Europe. […]
The Aeródromo de Son Bonet
The Aeródromo de Son Bonet was Mallorca’s original civil airfield. Mallorca’s first ever airplane landed here in 1916. Son Bonet was inaugurated in 1920 as Mallorca’s official airport under the […]
Sustainable Growth
Less air traffic passengers were accounted for during the month of July in Palma’s PMI airport, with 2,981,881 passengers coming to or leaving from Palma, compared with the same month […]
Out Of Business
This week, Mallorca is enjoying one of the busiest weeks of this year’s temporada alta (high season). The tourist season 2009 does not seem all that bad for Mallorca considering […]
The Useless Airport Terraces
The new airport in Palma de Mallorca was designed by local architect, Pere Nicolau Bonet, and inaugurated just over ten years ago. Right from the start, passengers complained about the […]
Es Coll d’en Rabassa
Es Coll d’en Rabassa is a suburb of Palma de Mallorca, not far from the Palma International airport. The suburb is home to just over 10,000 inhabitants, mainly Mallorcans, foresters […]
Wealth and Privilege
Most of the 25,000,000 annual passengers that fly in or out of PMI airport in Palma de Mallorca (give or take a few) use an Airbus or a Boeing airplane for […]
Airport Commotion
There was a bit of a commotion going on yesterday at Palma International Airport, some strike action, organized by the CCOO Spanish workers’ Union. Apparently, this strike has been going […]
Weather Forecast
Whilst I wouldn’t want to stick my neck out and give you a weather forecast for next week, and Christmas, I want to alert you to the fact that the […]
Higher and Higher and Higher
PMI Palma International Airport has reported an all-time record month last August, with 3,284,225 passengers either landing or taking off. The best way to understand such a figure is to […]
Birmingham Delayed
I had to go to Palma de Mallorca’s airport last night. Some flights were delayed. During the summer months, PMI is Spain’s second busiest airport, after Madrid. Last weekend, PMI […]
The Human Condition
It is said that even kings and queens have to go where we all go. Does that make them more approachable? Or do I touch on a taboo here? The […]
When Push Comes to Shove …
Have you ever travelled without luggage? Freedom. For one, your luggage could not get lost. And also, you would not need these trolleys. The photo was taken at Palma International […]
Happy Landings
This is Palma International Airport. The view is of the terminal building from the car park, with a 5,500 vehicle capacity. PMI airport counts over 22,000,000 air passengers per year […]
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