30,000 passengers affected by Alicante-Elche airport fire

An estimated 30,000 passengers were affected by the 24-hour closure of Alicante-Eleche airport, following on from Wednesday’s fire.

160 flights were cancelled or diverted as a result of the incident, which is currently being investigated.

The airport reopened to traffic at 2pm yesterday, after the fire on the roof of the main passenger terminal closed Spain’s fifth busiest airport.

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