Eleven new routes opened
By Tom Cain
LEADING low-cost airline Ryanair has announced it is close to finalising an agreement that will see it set up two new bases in Spain.
Company spokesman Michael O’Leary said that the two new bases, one in Valencia and the other in Alicante, will be operating very soon.
He added that the company will also be opening up new routes in Spain throughout August.
At present the company has 20 bases in eight countries and already has two bases in Spain - in Gerona and Madrid - from where it operates nine planes flying 49 routes out of Gerona and five planes flying 15 routes out of Madrid.
Ryanair’s announcement comes just weeks after rival company Vueling elected not to use either Valencia or Alicante airports to set up its operational base, and instead opted for Sevilla.
Spanish company Vueling said it chose Sevilla because it wanted to connect the city with direct flights to other parts of Europe to make it more attractive to tourists.
Ryanair’s decision to use two airports in the Valencia Region as operational bases could be explained by the fact that Valencia has been chosen to host the America’s Cup for the second time.
The company is forecasting that nine million Spaniards will use its services during 2007; it also announced that its net profit for the three months between April and June was 139 million euros, a 20 per cent rise over the same period in 2006.
Ryanair already operates six routes from Alicante to Dublin, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Liverpool, London Stansted and Pisa.
With Valencia as its new base, Ryanair has announced 11 new routes will operating from November and December to Baden Baden, Basel, Billund, Bologna, Eindhoven, Liverpool, Maastricht, Malta, Oporto, Paris and Santiago de Compostela.
As a launch offer, Ryanair is offering 100,000 seats from just 10 euros (tax included) on the new routes for online bookings at www.ryanair.com
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News Staff Reporter
THE VALENCIA Region was woken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale on Sunday morning at around 09.45.
Although the quake’s epicentre was registered in Ciudad Real, the ground shook more than 250km away in Valencia, and was felt particularly in Alzira, Benetússer, Moncada, Macastre, Pedralba and the Vall d’Uixó.
Throughout Spain, the effects were also felt in Alicante, Madrid, Sevilla, Huelva. Cáceres and Badajoz.
Despite the strength of the earthquake, no one was hurt and there was only slight material damage nearer to the epicentre. For the rest it was a mere shock causing thousands of people to call the emergency services and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) to find out what had happened or to report the incident.
Following the first earthquake there were 15 ‘replicas’ - smaller seismic movements which the IGN said are common after a quake.
Canals football pitch underway |
News Staff Reporter
THE CUATRE Camins football pitch currently under construction in Canals is finally taking shape as the company which will install the artificial grass pitch has been chosen.
Twelve companies vied for the contract which was eventually awarded to Cespalia who offered five years’ maintenance, a machine to clean the grass, goals for the seven-a-side football pitch, and covered spectator stands.
The town hall also said that over the next year it will be improving the area around the football pitch to make the facility modern and attractive.
Alboraya fights skin cancer |
News Staff Reporter
THE SPANISH cancer association AECC continued its campaign against skin cancer in Port Saplaya, Alboraya at the weekend.
The charity’s volunteers parked their campaign van on the beach and informed beachgoers of the safest ways to sunbathe and how to reduce the risk of skin cancer.
As they do every year on the same beach, the volunteers handed out information leaflets and free sun cream samples. They were accompanied for part of the morning by local councillors.
Many of the people who visited the van also took the opportunity to have moles and skin marks checked for any signs of danger.
News Staff Reporter
A REGIONAL health authority inspection of 108 hairdressing salons and beauty and tattoo parlours found that 45 per cent of them were infringing legislation regarding the sterilisation of equipment and the disposal of used items.
The majority of the places found to be breaking the rules were tattoo and piercing parlours.
Regional health councillor Mari Carmen Román said that the main problem in most of the places inspected was in the use of automatic sterilising equipment. She said that many employees did not know how to use it properly so equipment that should be 100 per cent sterile was being used on different customers.
She also said that many establishments did not have the right type of containers for the disposal of other materials.
The inspectors also found deficiencies in accounting procedures and a lack of certificates showing premises had been checked and treated against insect plagues and rodents.
Those businesses that were found to be infringing regulations have been given time to put things right before inspectors return. If they fail to make the necessary changes they will be closed down.
