The Mesa pel Transporte Aeri de Menorca –a platform comprising political
parties, business organisations, unions, civic entities, neighbours' association,
etc. invite all Menorcans to participate in a concentration for fair air
transport that will take place next Saturday, October 19. In the
course of the concentration that will start at 12 noon in the Plaza Miranda
in Maó, the contents of a manifest for worthy air transport will
be read and will be handed to the Dirección Insular del Estado
on Menorca with the 9.000 signatures collected.
The manifest expresses the demand by the public of the island in connection
with air transport. The demands are connected to times and frequency
of flights and the rates. Amongst other things, they are asking for
an increase in the discount for residents of the Balearics to 50% to compensate
the constant increase in costs over the past few years.
The
text can be found on the web of Acord per es Migjorn Gran.
According to Manolo Lora, president of the Federation of Neighbours'
Association of Menorca, the Table has decided to give the central Government
two months to answer and "if after this time they have not shown any worry
about this social request, protest action will start again."
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