even Super O'Leary fell for the Ciudad Real, not near anything, couldnt get the staff in/out, no way in/out for passengers, even the AVE doesn't want to stop at the station. The local crop dusters rarely stay overnight.

bet he almost regretted taking that option when Granada told him they wouldnt pay his backhanders anymore

or maybe petits pois

or nil points ?

a quick Google for pois brings up a Friendly Society and an organisation that wants to discuss Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome.

not exactly peas out of a small pod

Malaga airport was like a ghost town when we went back at Christmas. Our local airport Jerez seems to be getting less and less flights. Vueling used to fly to London out of Seville nothing anymore. It won´t be long before Ryanair starts putting their fares up by a lot as they will have very little competition.

Iberia have been having lots of strikes since December. 1000's of flights have been cancelled. Maybe BA will run it down and take over the slots.

When we arrived at málaga mid-december there was only about 6 people at the barrier. Many times you couldn't get through for the crush waiting.

I think BA / Iberia joint enterprise was a marriage made in heaven, with their unrivalled reputations for inefficiency, disruption, strikes and lost luggage.

Oh no you meant all airports being built in Spain, it goes back to a thread where you said it was a white elephant and a waste of money like the high speed rail links.
Best not to believe any of your Spain information, although if I need advice on sheep shagging I will give you a call.

You are joking about Malaga of course ?

Good point, but do they count them when they get on or off the ships, we always start and finish our cruises there.

Now that Royal Caribbean has started using málaga as a base instead of just a days stop, it should be a good earner for the area. This is me with my positive cap on

Every week the ship will stock up with a weeks supply of food and drink. Local companies will be contracted to supply it, trucks to deliver. Extra staff to check in passengers. It's a massive earner for the local economy in Miami so a good start for málaga. Also there is the new Muelle1 bar and shopping complex which has opened...anyone been? Opened when we were there and quickly closed as H&S declared it not finished.

No doubt it will be a nice little earner, but your last remark was what really caught my eye.

I mean do they really have an H & S in Spain ?

Only when it comes to revenue collection. Apparently If you let a building inspector into your house it'll cost you at least 1,000 euros, because, I'm told they WILL find something.

I find that very hard to believe!

We had flights in and out of Malaga in early November and again in mid December.....there were so many people it was like being at the first day of the sales!

Royal Caribbean source almost of it's consumables and a high proportion of it none perishable food products from the U.S.A. The relatively small proportion of fresh produce that will be loaded in Malaga will likely be sourced from major suppliers based all over Europe and transported by the suppliers own transport so no 'fallen apples' for the local truckies.

The town will pick up some benefit from hotel stays and cruise passengers transiting the city, but as far as employment goes, many of the RCCL ships on the 'Med Runs' are doing fourteen day trips, and most of them are only working the Med during the summer months. So I doubt that providing a few luggage trolley pushers and some casual check in chicks with a few hours employment once a fortnight isn't going to give too large a boost to the local economy.

But it's a start, and knowing RCCL as I do, I suspect it's a start at negotiating better terms at BCL