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Jet2 Holidays has warned holidaymakers of “prolonged wait occasions” and terminal adjustments as a result of ongoing upkeep work at Majorca (Palma) Airport.
On Sunday night time up to date recommendation hinted at the opportunity of lengthy immigration queues for travellers leaving or arriving on the in style Spanish island.
The newest journey data on the Jet2 web site reads: “There’s at the moment upkeep work happening at Majorca (Palma) Airport. We’re working with the airport to make sure that any disruption to your airport expertise will probably be saved to a minimal.
“As a result of this ongoing work chances are you’ll be ready barely longer than regular to clear immigration in each departures and arrivals, our pleasant Buyer Helpers will probably be available to assist.”
“We thanks prematurely in your persistence and understanding must you expertise an prolonged wait time, which is past our management,” the airline added.
As Spain’s third busiest airport by footfall – following Madrid and Barcelona – and Majorca’s solely aviation hub, the upkeep work might impression hundreds of thousands of passengers as a result of depart or arrive on the Balearic Island.
In January, knowledge from AirHelp revealed {that a} third of UK air passengers had suffered delays or cancellations when flying in 2023.
Knowledge from the passenger rights organisation discovered that 34 per cent of the 131 million passengers travelling final 12 months have been held up, with 3.8 million individuals having their flights cancelled altogether.
London Gatwick was ranked the worst offender when it got here to disruption, with 42 per cent of passengers affected, whereas London Stansted got here in an in depth second with a 39 per cent disruption fee. Probably the most punctual airport was Durham Tees Valley Airport, the place simply 19 per cent of flights have been disrupted.
