Alicante Elche Airport has set a NEW passenger record for February. The airport recorded 1.23 million passengers, up 5.3% from a year earlier. Aena’s figures showed that nearly a third (369,560) of passengers came from the United Kingdom. More than 8,000 flights took place, which is a 5.6% rise compared to February 2025. READ MORE ALICANTE ELCHE AIRPORT DEPARTURE AREAS …

CONSUMERS in Spain will breathe a sigh of relief after the rate of inflation remained low throughout February – although fears are mounting that prices are set to surge in the wake of the ongoing war in Iran. According to the National Statistics Institute’s figures, released on Friday, inflation remained at the same level of 2.3% in February as it …

THE president of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce, Carlos Baño, has been arrested for alleged corruption by the Policia Nacional. Baño was detained on Friday as part of a probe by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office into consumer voucher campaigns carried out in 2022 and 2023 in 20 municipalities across Alicante Province. Alicante Provincial Council created the voucher scheme in order …