Spanish health authorities have reinforced the COVID-19 controls that have been carried out since the start of the pandemic on travellers arriving in the Balearic Islands from abroad. As a spokesperson for the Balearic Government explained in a press release on Wednesday, all passengers arriving at one of the Balearic islands’ three airports from a […]
Category: Palma Airport News
TUI schedules flights to Mallorca starting March 27th 2021
The German airline TUI Fly, part of the TUI tourist group, has scheduled flights to Majorca starting next March 27. “In principle, depending on how sales develop, two weekly flights are planned from Germany to Son Sant Joan airport. The announcement will lead us to have to rethink the opening of hotel establishments” chain representatives […]
Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) awarded “corona safe” status
Palma de Mallorca Airport has been awarded the “Airport Health Accreditation” (AHA), giving it a “corona safe” status. This certificate was issued to the airport by the Airports Council International (ACI), the international umbrella organisation of airport operators. In order to ensure the safety of airports in the context of the Corona pandemic, the ACI, […]
Mallorca aiming to pioneer the Vaccination Passport in Europe
The proposal that the Balearic islands would be a great place to pioneer the suggested Vaccination Passport system was made at a meeting with the national tourism minister Reyes Maroto and the Spanish secretary of state for tourism, Fernando Valdés. The Balearic government has apparently offered the Spanish government this proposal to experiment with the […]
Certificate of Excellence awarded by World Tourism Organisation
The Mallorcan Tourism Foundation or Fundació Mallorca Turisme has been awarded a certificate in excellence and quality by the World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO). The UNTWO is the United Nations’ agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. The Fundació Mallorca Turisme is only the fourth organisation in the world and the […]
Vaccine rollout in Mallorca
Last weekend has marked the start of the vaccination campaign across Europe, including Spain. In Mallorca, the rollout began on Sunday, 27th December. Nursing home residents and staff are the first in line to be immunised on the island. The first vaccinations were carried out in the Oms-Sant Miquel Nursing Home in Palma de Mallorca […]
Entering Mallorca with a PCR test: 9 things to be aware of
Language: Passengers entering Mallorca (and the rest of Spain) must present a PCR report in Spanish, English, French or German so that it is accepted in the relevant controls that are already installed in ports and airports. Type of test: Only PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) or TMA (Transcription Mediated Amplification) tests are permitted. At the […]
Only 20 hotels currently open in the city of Palma de Mallorca
Only 20 hotels are currently open in the city of Palma de Mallorca due to the ongoing pandemic. In any normal year, more than 95% of the hotel offer was open at this time. Average occupations do not reach 15% and it has become unfeasible for hotels to operate at this level. The operational offer […]
TUI begins flying to Palma Airport once again
TUI, the Germany airline has once again begun operating at Palma Airport since last October 15, just a couple of months after it was interrupted. TUI will choose to share flights with other tour operators and German airlines in order to reduce costs in this phase, flying with companies such as Eurowings or Lufthansa, instead […]
Enjoying Mallorca during Coronavirus – The New Rules
There has been some debate about whether or not it was justified to include Mallorca in the travel warning, as the number of cases has remained much lower than in some other regions of Spain. What is the current situation? How many cases are there in Mallorca, which areas are most affected and what are […]