The San Francisco Chronicle wants you to know that everything is alright with the airline industry. U.S.-based airlines are turning profits, and US Airways' President even says there's zero evidence of "macroeconomic weakness" to be found.

That will be news to Spanair,, which collapsed so fast on Friday that it left 20,000 travelers stranded with no return flights home (the good press they got from giving passengers Christmas presents failed to stem the tide of millions and millions in losses). Spanair's shuttering follows the closing of Spain's Air Comet, whose flight attendants subsequently had to do nude photo shoots just to draw attention to the €7 million in unpaid wages they were owed.]]> Omri 2012-01-30T15:05:01-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/11/4/81636/8083

Theme park junkies might need to cross the Atlantic to get their next fix in the future, as the newly announced Paramount Park in Spain might just be the next big thing. The corporate wallets are open wide, as organizers and officials are thinking about spending around $1.5 billion to get the new place up and running just outside Murcia along the country’s coast.

There’s a lot of stuff still on the drawing board, as bulldozers and backhoes probably won’t start rolling around until 2012 at the earliest. However, if all goes well it could be welcoming tourists from around the globe in 2015, as it looks to compete with Disneyland Paris as the amusement park hotspot in Europe. ]]> kjb 2011-11-04T08:16:36-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/4/95450/2385

This seems crazy, but leave it to Hertz to figure out more ways to rent things that move to travelers when they just don't need cars. We're talking about electric bicycles, which have now entered Hertz's rental fleets in London and—the newest—all over Spain, including Granada, Almería, Alicante, Valencia, Pontevedra, Álava and Barcelona. Even the islands of Mallorca and Formentera haven't been left out; Hertz has brought their nine different types of Swiss Flyer electric bikes off the mainland.

We'd probably most likely use these on an island; it's already on our to-do list now for Palma.]]> JetSetCD 2011-10-04T10:11:50-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/9/13/11117/4819

Now that summer is over most of Hollywood is getting back to work, but somehow Halle Berry has found a way to squeeze one more week out of the season.

Halle, her boyfriend Olivier Martinez and her daughter Nahla, were spotted strolling through the streets of Palma, Majorca, Spain yesterday where they are currently on vacation. Earlier in the day, Halle also took Nahla to Palma's outdoor market where they made a few purchases before a scenic train ride. ]]> cmb 2011-09-13T11:01:17-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/7/28/112355/075

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were spotted with seven-month-old son Leo enjoying a day off in Roses, Costa Brava, Spain where they took a stroll through town before stopping for lunch.

The hot couple was joined by Penelope's brother Eduardo and his girlfriend, Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria. Though Cruz and Longoria have only been dating for a few months, she seemed to fit right in with the family. Over the weekend, Eva brought Eduardo to one of her favorite haunts too, her L.A. restaurant Beso, before they headed off to Spain. ]]> cmb 2011-07-28T12:18:56-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/1/18/82216/3769

Even if you’re not obsessed with all things travel like we are, you’re probably somewhat familiar with Ryanair and all the fees, tricks, and traps they use to generate more revenue. Just one of the things that you need to do before heading to the airport is print out your boarding pass, because if you need to do it at the airport you’re going to be charged for it...some 40 Euros ($53) for the pleasure, actually.

Spain isn’t too cool with this fee, as a judge in the country has ruled that Ryanair can’t charge passengers who need to print their boarding pass at the airport. A Spanish lawyer brought up the lawsuit, as he himself was hit with the fee for needing to print out his boarding materials at the airport. ]]> kjb 2011-01-18T09:01:10-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/1/3/1492/43546

What airline gets the award for having the biggest hearts this last holiday season? Spain's Spanair for sure, since they pulled off a heartwarming stunt for a planeful of their passengers and also managed to create a lovely, viral-worthy video to accompany it.

You see, there was a Spanair flight flying from Madrid to Las Palmas overnight on Christmas Eve, and the airline thought they'd be cute and gift each and every of the plane's 190 passengers with their own Christmas present at baggage claim, complete with their names written right on the gift-wrapped boxes. Watch the video this way... ]]> JetSetCD 2011-01-03T14:36:02-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/