MALLORCA TODAY - Spanair might suspend activity

Spanair, the Barcelona-based airline which closed down its Palma operations a couple of years ago because of financial difficulties, is experiencing ever more financial problems. Reports that the airline has applied to the equivalent of the Civil Aviation Authority to suspend activities are confused; the airline suggesting that no official approach to the authority has been made. The latest troubles at Spanair, which was badly affected by the accident at Madrid airport in 2008 when 154 people lost their lives, have been exacerbated because of withdrawal of funding from the Catalonian regional government and Qatar Airlines. The airline is currently operating flights as normal.