Spain will likely become more expensive as airports announce that individual airlines will be responsible for covering the cost of new coronavirus safety measures.
Along with higher ticket prices, there are fears that struggling airlines could collapse altogether after the pandemic.New protocols such as temperature scanning and social distancing markings is likely to cost millions of euros for the airline industry.A royal decree published on Tuesday rules that Spanish airport authority AENA will be responsible for providing "the human, health and support resources necessary to guarantee the sanitary control of the entry of passengers on international flights".It has been granted special government permission to recoup the costs of all.