Ryanair Cancels Travel Agent Reservations

The UK's cut price airline, Ryanair has cancelled some reservations made through Spanish travel websites, as some agents have been adding a charge of around ten euros per ticket to flights.

Ryanair has said that this practise is against their conditions and have started cancelling tickets bought through such vendors and are returning the money paid to the agents who will be instructed to reimburse customers.

Ryanair says that only bookings made through travel agency websites for flights after August 25th would be cancelled and that all flights booked directly through the Ryanair website will not be affected.

Ryanair justifies its action by saying that the travel sites have violated their conditions of use, and increased their prices with ‘hidden costs’. In the case of Atrápalo.com, the extras amount to 10 € a ticket according to Ryan Air.

Large Numbers Of Illegal Immigrants Returning Home

There has been a sharp increase in the number of non EU immigrants looking to return to their home countries, according to three non governmental reports.

The Red Cross, The International Migration Organisation and Spanish Catholic Migration Commission have all reported that the number of 'returnees' has increased dramatically.

The returns are no doubt prompted by organisations such as those above who are digging into their own resources to pay for fares back home.

Spain Fights First Large Scale Forest Fire During Heatwave

The Spanish Ministry Of Defence have sent 285 soldiers to an area in Zaragoza, where a fire has been raging through the pine forest since Tuesday.

The army have been called in to help control the blaze that started after an accident in which a car crashed into a tree. The resulting fire has so far affected 2,200 hectares of pines in the area of Zuera.

High temperatures and gusty winds have hampered the efforts to control the fire. There are an estimated 400 people working to control the blaze, with 16 fire fighting planes being used during daylight hours.

Helicopters are also being used and can be seen lifting water from nearby swimming pools, to drop on the fire.