Thousands March in Spanish Holiday Hotspots Against Airport Expansions
Protesters said the plans would deepen overtourism and push airport capacity higher, with Barcelona’s El Prat targeted for 80 million passengers a year.
- On Sunday September 20, some 5,000 protesters marched in Barcelona to oppose airport expansion, while simultaneous demonstrations erupted in Palma and Ibiza against plans for larger regional airports.
- The Spanish Cabinet approved the Airport Regulation Document on the 15th, authorizing €13 billion in investment for airports managed by Aena, with €1.7 billion earmarked for Barcelona-El Prat expansion.
- In Mallorca, €621.6 million will fund Son Sant Joan Airport expansion, while Ibiza plans to allocate €229 million to Codolar Airport, doubling boarding gates from 17 to 32.
- Joan Femenia noted the operational limit of 66 flights per hour at Son Sant Joan Airport "has been exceeded several times this summer." The Association of Young People of Ibiza called the expansion "excessive and unsustainable growth."
- Backed by more than 210 organisations and 130 academics, protesters rallied under the slogan "No expansion — not now, not ever," demanding a new co-management law for infrastructure decisions.
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Angry demonstrators took to the streets across three of Spain's most popular tourist destinations, protesting plans by the national airport authority, Aena, to expand airport infrastructure.Crowds marched through Barcelona, Palma in Mallorca and Ibiza Town, waving banners, blowing whistles and voicing fears that the proposed upgrades would exacerbate already severe overtourism problems.Local police put the turnout in Barcelona at roughly 5,500, …
Around 5,500 people participated in the Barcelona demonstration, while thousands more took part in rallies in Mallorca and Ibiza The post Thousands of citizens in Spain take to the streets against airport expansion appeared first on in.gr.
Spain has once again been hit by mass protests against overtourism, as thousands of people took to the streets in Barcelona, Mallorca and Ibiza yesterday to protest plans to expand and upgrade airports. With flags, banners and whistles, protesters in Spain called for air traffic to be restricted and the tourism model to be changed, arguing that the country’s popular destinations are already under too much pressure. In Barcelona alone, police est…
Locals in Barcelona, Ibiza and Palma protest Spain's airport expansions
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Sunday in three of Spain's holiday hotspots to oppose plans for respective airport expansions, over fears it could worsen problems with overtourism, housing and climate change.
Thousands of people gather in both cities against AENA's plans to reach 50 million passengers
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