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Identify themselves at Spanish airports It represents an additional cost because they have to assign personnel. Interior opposes for security reasons Aena offers to manage the private Murcia airport after spending 60 million on the public The initial price of plane tickets must include hidden costs The Minister of Development Ana Pastor, in a meeting with presidents of airline companies. The Minister of Development Ana Pastor, in a meeting with presidents of airline companies. Updated: 02/06/15 | 22:05 On January 22, Spanish airlines asked the Minister of Public Works, Ana Pastor, to eliminate the obligation for passengers departing from Spanish airports bound for countries in the Schengen Area to identify themselves in the boarding area. The request occurred during the recent meeting that Minister Ana Pastor held with officials of the airlines and shipping companies in Spain to ask them to transfer the drop in the price of a barrel of oil to tickets. The meeting, which was held at the ministry's headquarters on had no consequences in this regard either.
For us, having to identify all these passengers causes a significant disruption because we have to have more staff in the boarding area and because it affects the passenger's comfort: it takes longer to board and it can affect the punctuality of the flight. airline,” explain sources present at the meeting. “The minister listened to us, she was receptive, but it is unlikely that anything will be done because she explained to us that this issue was the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior and that they were not receptive at the to the task. In fact, the plans of all European governments are to intensify moment to Netherlands WhatsApp Number List eliminating this obligation for security reasons ,” these sources explain. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior, which is one of the only three countries that maintains this obligation, approved in May 2005 to incorporate a new section to the National Security Program called 'Documentation verification' . This new section requires passengers traveling to any Schengen country to identify themselves in the boarding area , as was already the case on all international flights. But Interior is not up controls on passengers , both from the Schengen Area and the rest, due to the threat of jihadist terrorism.
The objective is to create a file of flight passengers to identify possible 'lone wolves' who want to attack on Spanish soil. There will be no price reduction In the meeting with the minister there was no agreement on this point nor on lowering ticket prices due to the fall in oil prices. “I cannot tell the minister or anyone in front of my competitors in a meeting what my commercial strategy is. In private I can tell you, but not in front of the rest of the companies,” these sources explain. “So the meeting was also not very specific or very detailed about this. It was a meeting more about general questions about how the sector is and putting things in common, nothing more,” attendees at the event insist. The general opinion of airlines is that there cannot be a price war like there was at gas stations a few weeks ago because “this sector is already competitive . ” “Every day the companies monitor each other and the passenger decides who they fly with basically based on the price of the ticket. So the prices are already adjusted,” they explain.
For us, having to identify all these passengers causes a significant disruption because we have to have more staff in the boarding area and because it affects the passenger's comfort: it takes longer to board and it can affect the punctuality of the flight. airline,” explain sources present at the meeting. “The minister listened to us, she was receptive, but it is unlikely that anything will be done because she explained to us that this issue was the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior and that they were not receptive at the to the task. In fact, the plans of all European governments are to intensify moment to Netherlands WhatsApp Number List eliminating this obligation for security reasons ,” these sources explain. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior, which is one of the only three countries that maintains this obligation, approved in May 2005 to incorporate a new section to the National Security Program called 'Documentation verification' . This new section requires passengers traveling to any Schengen country to identify themselves in the boarding area , as was already the case on all international flights. But Interior is not up controls on passengers , both from the Schengen Area and the rest, due to the threat of jihadist terrorism.
The objective is to create a file of flight passengers to identify possible 'lone wolves' who want to attack on Spanish soil. There will be no price reduction In the meeting with the minister there was no agreement on this point nor on lowering ticket prices due to the fall in oil prices. “I cannot tell the minister or anyone in front of my competitors in a meeting what my commercial strategy is. In private I can tell you, but not in front of the rest of the companies,” these sources explain. “So the meeting was also not very specific or very detailed about this. It was a meeting more about general questions about how the sector is and putting things in common, nothing more,” attendees at the event insist. The general opinion of airlines is that there cannot be a price war like there was at gas stations a few weeks ago because “this sector is already competitive . ” “Every day the companies monitor each other and the passenger decides who they fly with basically based on the price of the ticket. So the prices are already adjusted,” they explain.