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Spanair’s new Girona – Madrid route a runway success.

Since introducing the route in January 2007, the airline has transported more than 76.000 passengers (selling approximately 54 percent of the 140.000 available seats) between Girona and the Spanish Capital, a statistic that exceeds the company’s original projections by roughly 10.000 passengers. As a result, spanair will increase the daily number of flights to Madrid and will also introduce a new route this summer, connecting Girona to the Balearic Islands.

(My opinion)
Spanair is a good airline with a lot of destinations. You can find it in Barcelona’s or in Girona’s airport. Some time ago, if you wanted to travel abroad, you didn’t have a variety in a lot of aspects like before there were a small number of travel agencies, also a few airlines and there weren’t a lot of destinations from Barcelona.
Girona airport and Ryanair, in my opinion are one of the best things the government have done, because for people who live near Girona is a good advantage. In this case is when we see that it’s true that the technologies are improving.
Now, there’re a lot of airlines and it’s better for us to know which one is the cheapest, or if one company offers you more advantages than other for the same prize, etc. It also means that, in some way, you can choose whatever you want because there are a lot of advantages to take. One example is that if you fly with an airline company called Ryanair, and if you pay an extra amount, then you’ll have a priority pass.
To conclude I’ll say that the companies have widen the destinations and it’s a successful progress because doing that companies will make more profit and also we’ll benefit from it.

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Protest against the proposed Ley de Costas comes to Empuriabrava.

Following the protests in May this year in nearby Roses, around 600 people in the urbanisation of Castelló d’Empúries came out with placards and whistles at the end of September to demonstrate against the proposed plan to reclaim parts of the local marina that the Spanish government says were built without the necessary authorisations. Affecting up to 3.000 property owners, many of whom are foreigners, the protestors expressed doubt, confusion and anger over the surprise move by the government; as reported in September’s Resident, the authorities at Empuriabrava believed the marina was exempt from the crackdown the government is undertaking due to the terms of its concession. Owners claim that the land under threat is part of their property deeds.

(My opinion)
I totally agree with this protest for many reasons.
I think that it’s very unfair because the government want to change things that are impossible to change now. Because they allowed people to build near the sea, so now they can’t make them take it down.
Because In the past these people had to go to many sites and had to pay a considerable amount. First they went to the town hall, then they had to go to the notary and finally to the land rates.
For example if you have paid for 300 m² of land and paid your taxes, if anyone wants to take any land out now is it fair to pay for something that isn’t yours?
I understand if there is a new law to begin now taking some amount of land near the sea but I don’t understand why taking out land from people who paid for it many years ago and in any case the law should be applied to houses which haven’t been built yet.