Spanish Police Union Warns Mallorca Airport On Verge Of Collapse, Urgent Recruitment Required

Mallorca airport could “collapse” without the urgent recruitment of more staff, a Spanish police union has warned.

Thousands of holidaymakers have already flocked to Mallorca this year – with many experiencing nightmare delays at the island’s Palma airport.

According to the Unified Police Union in the Balearic Islands, the nightmare queues are only going to get worse.

Why Are The Delays At Mallorca Airport So Bad?

As early summer tourism surges, tourists have faced winding queues at Mallorca airport security.

“It’s going to be a nightmare this summer at the airport if it’s going to be like this” one British tourist posted on social media earlier this week.

More police officers are urgently needed for customs checks, tourism operators have claimed.

Without these personnel, the police union insists that “the airport would collapse.”

But recruitment isn’t easy – police officers don’t want to come to work in Mallorca because they don’t get paid enough to cope with the island’s sky-high cost of living.

The union estimates that there are roughly 200 national police vacancies in the Balearic Islands, with the shortage flowing down to the airport.

Tourism chiefs have urgently called for more customs staff to handle the influx of travellers.

More delays could put people off Mallorca, Líneas Aéreas association president Javier Gándara warned.

“This problem of congestion in passport controls has transcended in international media, which could discourage international travellers to come to our holiday country,” he said.

“We cannot afford it.”

According to ACI modelling, delays and cancellations are inevitable at two thirds of European airports this summer.