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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:28 PM

Jose Blanco

Type: Person

Name: Jose Blanco

First Reported 02/07/2010 - Updated 02/07/2010 - 1 Documents

Spain’s air traffic controllers earn more than PM

MADRID, Feb 6: The Spanish government on Friday curbed “millionaire salaries” enjoyed by the nation’s air traffic controllers, calling their high rates of pay and benefits “incomprehensible privileges”. Public Works Minister Jose Blanco said salaries ... [DAWN Group - 02/07/2010]

Entities: Jose Blanco, Spain, AENA

First Reported 02/05/2010 - Updated 02/05/2010 - 6 Documents

Spain curbs 'millionaire' pay for air traffic controllers

The Spanish government on Friday curbed "millionaire salaries" enjoyed by the nation's air traffic controllers, calling their high rates of pay and benefits "incomprehensible privileges".Public Works Minister Jose Blanco said salaries for the country's ... [France24 - Americas - 02/05/2010]

Entities: Spain, Jose Blanco, AENA

First Reported 02/05/2010 - Updated 02/05/2010 - 1 Documents (in Market News)

Club Med

Greece, Portugal: Club Med proving a problem

Written by Mark Deans at MoneyCorp In today's Mark Deans column: Safe-haven yen and dollar lead the way - US non-farm payrolls today. Good morning. Playing away is no bar to high political office, as foreign secretary Cook, president Berlusconi and every ... [Economy News - 02/05/2010]

Entities: Club Med, Portugal, Greece

First Reported 02/03/2010 - Updated 02/03/2010 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Spain’s airports face Easter disruption in controller pay row

Spanish air traffic controllers may disrupt travel over the Easter holiday following a breakdown in talks about plans to slash their 334,000 average annual salary by about 40pc. Controllers will stage a work to rule in April, forcing flights to be delayed ... [Irish Independent - 02/03/2010]

Entities: AENA, Spain, Jose Blanco

First Reported 02/04/2010 - Updated 02/04/2010 - 1 Documents

Easter holiday threat as £800,000-a-year Spanish air traffic controllers threaten strike over pay

Britons holidays to Spain are at risk after Spanish air traffic controllers today threatened to bring travel chaos to Easter in a pay strike. Talks between the countrys airports authority and a union representing the controllers, who earn up to £800,000 ... [Mail Online UK - 02/04/2010]

Entities: AENA, Abuse, Malaga (Spain)

First Reported 01/18/2010 - Updated 01/18/2010 - 2 Documents

Air Traffic Control Costs Soar In Spain

A review of airport costs in Spain has revealed salaries of air traffic controllers that a leading newspaper in the country called disgraceful. An El Mundo editorial called the salaries that often top $1 million a year 'scandalous.' The Times of London ... [OfficialWire - 01/18/2010]

Entities: Air Traffic Control, Spain, Jose Blanco

First Reported 01/20/2010 - Updated 01/20/2010 - 1 Documents

Ryanair Holdings plc

Ryanair, BA Flights Disrupted by Irish Airport Strike (Update1)

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Ryanair Holdings Plc and British Airways Plc are among carriers forced to scrap or delay more than 100 flights today as Irish air-traffic controllers stage a strike over the suspension of colleagues in a pay dispute. Ryanair, Europe’s ... [BusinessWeek - 01/20/2010]

Entities: Ryanair Holdings plc, Suspension, Ireland

First Reported 01/19/2010 - Updated 01/19/2010 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Malaga Airport one of the few profitable airports in Spain

Only nine out of the 48 airports made money last year OF the 48 airports in Spain, only nine made a profit in 2009. Alicante is at the head with 30.58 million followed by: Palma de Mallorca (26.58 million); Girona (12.66 million); South Tenerife (13.9m); ... [EuroWeeklyNews - 01/19/2010]

Entities: AENA, Spain, San Javier (Spain), Jose Blanco

First Reported 01/28/2010 - Updated 01/28/2010 - 1 Documents

Spain to propose raising pension age

MADRID, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Spain will propose lifting the pension age from 65 years on Thursday as an aging population strains an already stretched social security system, the Minister of Public Works Jose Blanco said. '(A proposal will) come in the next ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 01/28/2010]

Entities: Spain, Jose Blanco, Gross Domestic Product, European Union

First Reported 01/14/2010 - Updated 01/14/2010 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

9 out of the 48 Spanish airports made money last year

SPAIN - OF the 48 airports in Spain, only nine made a profit in 2009. Alicante is at the head with 30.58 million followed by: Palma de Mallorca (26.58 million); Girona (12.66 million); South Tenerife (13.9m); Malaga (12.8m); Gran Canaria (6.5m); Ibiza ... [EuroWeeklyNews - 01/14/2010]

Entities: AENA, San Javier (Spain), Jose Blanco

First Reported 01/17/2010 - Updated 01/17/2010 - 1 Documents

EU: Body scanners possible

Madrid - A tightening of security at European airports, including the possible use of body scanners, is 'probable,' the Spanish presidency of the European Union said on Sunday ahead of talks with US officials. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, ... [News24.com - 01/17/2010]

Entities: European Union, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Reinforcing

First Reported 01/07/2010 - Updated 01/07/2010 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

EU calls for common stance on airport body scanners

(MADRID) - The Spanish EU presidency called Thursday for a common European stance on the use of body scanners at airports as member states bickered over the issue after a failed plot to blow up a US airplane.'It's better for Europe to have a common position ... [EU Business - 01/07/2010]

Entities: European Union, Jose Blanco, Madrid

Quotes

...the government demands austerity to the rest of Spaniards Blanco told a news conference after the measure was approved at a weekly cabinet meeting. "we cannot continue to pay for this public service double what is paid in the rest of europe" he said, adding the high salaries and other benefits which the controllers enjoyed were 'incomprehensible privileges'...

Spain curbs 'millionaire' pay for air traffic controllers [AFP via Yahoo! - 02/05/2010]

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