THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 16 20 Issue No. 1967 16 - 22 March 2023
THE summer PalmaNew York flight connection by United Airlines will be launched on May 26. This year the service has been brought for ward one week and will run until the end of September given its pop ularity and demand in 2022, when it was first introduced. Flights from Newark to Palma run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays landing at 9am, with re turn flights scheduled for Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays at 11am. The Boeing 767300 aircraft covering the route have a maximum of 214 seats 30 in Busi ness Class, 46 in Econo my Plus and 138 in Econ omy. Initial preseason of fers of flights for €500 are reportedly increasing due to high demand, with the lowest avail able prices now sitting at around €900. According to travel agent association Aviba, bookings from Mallorca are on the rise while North American trav ellers are also increas ingly interested in the connection. Spokespeople for Avi ba have also confirmed that package deals to New York are also selling well, with offers ranging from €1,500 to €1,800 for six nights in a three star hotel, flights and connections included.
Image by Philip Pilosian/Shutterstock
New York here we come.
FREE • GRATIS
START YOUR ENGINES! Budget-friendly Credit: EpicStockMedia/Shutterstock.com
We have liftoff!
MALLORCA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Image by Video Media Studio Europe/Shutterstock
NEW STUDY: Mallorca is one of the best destinations. DRIVING LICENCE: UK holders can now exchange for a Spanish licence.
SPAIN’S government has finally announced that UK licence holders in the country will be able to ex change their driving li cence for a Spanish one without taking an exam from Thursday, March 16. The period to allow Brits already living in Spain to do this will be six months. Anyone moving to the country after March 16 will also be given six months. Announced by the Coun cil of Ministers on Tues day, March 14, the news puts an end to travel mis ery for thousands of ex pats left in limbo after the Spanish government abruptly brought exten sions allowing anyone who hadn’t exchanged their li cence before December 31, 2020 to continue using their UK licence to an end last May. Brits will now be able to ‘canjear’ (exchange) their
Credit: Yau Ming Low/Shutterstock.com
UK licence with the DGT for a Spanish one. Existing category permissions (for example, ability to drive heavy goods vehicles or motorbikes) will also be honoured. Spanish living in the UK will similarly be able to ex change their licences un der the agreement. The government’s state ment said: “The Council of Ministers has approved this Tuesday the agree ment by which Spain and the United Kingdom will offer reciprocal recogni tion and exchange of driv ing licences as well as the exchange of information on traffic offences.” The news means existing
traffic offence information will also be exchanged be tween the two countries. Those wishing to ex change their licence can now contact the DGT di rectly to arrange an ap pointment to do so. They will first need to check they have their rele vant paperwork in order, including proof of residen cy, and take a short ‘psy chophysical’ test. This in cludes basic health tests (including eyesight, blood pressure) a psychological test and a mobility test. Turn to page 10 for our exclusive interview with the Ambassador
THE Balearic Islands are the seventh top destina tion for budgetfriendly holidays in the world, ac cording to a new study. Online travel planner Loveholidays has drawn up the list of best affordable destinations with Tunisia in first place, where a sevennight holiday averages around €650 per person including flights, hotels and transfers. Bulgaria and Morocco come next, with weekly stays averaging €716 and €790 respectively, fol lowed very closely by Malta with €800 and main land Spain with €840. Sixth place is for Italy, where visitors can enjoy a sevenday break for €848, with the Balearic Is lands coming in seventh with €860 per person.