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Airport clear plastic bags on the way out

Spanish airports will stop asking airline passengers to take liquids and electronic devices out of their luggage.

State airport operator Aena announced that it will gradually bring in new 3D scanners, which they say will allow airport staff to ‘inspect luggage with these items inside’.

Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat will be the first airports to use the new technology as they account for 40% of the country’s air traffic.

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Alicante-Elche airport opens the Costa Blanca to ten new air routes thanks to low cost airlines

The companies anticipate that the new flights for this season could move close to a million new passengers this year – Ryanair incorporates routes to Fez, Turin and Warsaw

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Alicante-Elche airport among the 100 best in the world and the 5th in Spain

The Alicante airport has been the 66th best valued aerodrome in the world in 2022 but has lost 5 places since 2019 due to the stoppage it suffered due to the covid. Alicante-Elche appears in 66th place among the best airports in the world in the 2022 Airhelp ranking.

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Best weather october on record

Last month was the hottest October in Spain since records began in 1961, with an average temperature of 18ºC.

It beat the previous record, from October 2017, by 0.8ºC, according to state weather agency Aemet.

The figure was 3.6ºC higher than the average for the period of reference (1981-2010).

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Five months of summer and high tourist season in Alicante and Benidorm

Climatology confirms that the hottest season of the year already invades part of spring and autumn on the Costa Blanca. Five months of summer in Alicante and Benidorm, and stretches the tourist season. The Mediterranean Sea continues with unusually high temperatures, with values ranging between 22-24 ºC.

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More than half of the tourists who have visited the Costa Blanca this summer will come back in 2023

Foreign tourists (six million) who have visited the Costa Blanca this summer have been satisfied or very satisfied, 55% say they intend to return in the next 12 months, according to the 2022 Visitor Satisfaction Survey

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The 1,800 flights with which the Alicante airport closes August strengthen the recovery of international tourism

The Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport will close August with 1,800 flights that strengthen the recovery of international tourism after the pandemic, since the terminal already reaches 90% of the operations it had before the outbreak of the health crisis despite the fact that this summer there are no flights with Russia (they moved 200,000 passengers a year) or with Ukraine due to the war in Eastern Europe.