In 2024, Alicante-Elche Airport broke all previous records. After having the greatest start to the year ever, it has surpassed 2023’s passenger numbers by 17% with 18.4 million, and the first month of 2025 has not far behind. The expansion of the Alicante terminal is surpassing the 2024 average for Spanish airports, which was 9%, and solidifying its standing as a national standard.

International traffic, which reached 15.8 million, is partially to blame. The airport’s performance and projections have only improved due to the numerous links with Europe and the variety of airlines that have established bases at El Altet, including Ryanair and EasyJet.

In actuality, the entry of this kind of low-cost airline is what propels traffic at the airport in Alicante-Elche. According to the ‘Sector Report on Tourism in the Province of Alicante. Balance 2024 and prospects 2025’, which was prepared by the Alicante Chamber of Commerce and Cajamar, nine out of ten foreign passengers who arrived at the terminal did so with a low-cost firm.

The number has increased by 17% since 2023, with over seven million passengers arriving on low-cost carriers. Furthermore, with 10.9% of the country’s total passenger traffic, the Alicante terminal is already the fourth-highest airport in Spain for businesses of this kind, trailing only Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, and Malaga.

On Wednesday, March 5th, the Danish Normal, one of the most well-known retail chains in Europe, will open a new store in the L’Aljub shopping centre in the city of Elche, Alicante.

With a presence in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Finland, Portugal, Spain, and soon Italy, where they will open their first two stores in Rome this March, this will be the thirty-first store in Spain, bringing the total to over 900 locations around Europe.

Three hundred gift bags will be distributed to the first customers to arrive at the new Normal store’s grand opening in Elche. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to play a lucky roulette game with rewards for every player, including a chance to win a 500 euro goods pallet.

Every week, 100 new goods are released.

Almir Terzic, Country Manager for Spain, stated, “We are excited to open our first store in Elche.” He also added, “At Normal, we make sure to provide our customers a great experience and we seek to inspire them with more than 100 new products every week.”

Retail sales of products at stores that carry a wide variety of products are one of the retail chain’s distinguishing features.

Thus, in addition to more “exotic” products like Pure&Care, Ivy Aïa, or The Hair Project, which are sold only in this chain, they also sell well-known brands like L’Oréal, Gillette, or Kinder.

The entire product line consists of almost 4,000 items in categories like beauty, skin and hair care, stationery, household goods, snacks, drinks and a variety of other everyday necessities used by most people. They clarify that all of this is always offered at “fixed” low pricing without any special discounts.

Three cars were impacted by a fire that broke out on Ulpiano Street in Torrevieja at 5:32 a.m. on Wednesday 26th February.

While firefighters were able to put out the fires in two of the cars, the local police surrounded the scene. By the time the police came, the other car had already caught fire.

Some witnesses speculate that the fire may have begun when a building inhabitant set fire to a van that was purportedly owned by another squatter. Two further cars parked on either side were soon engulfed in flames.