First commerical plane from Spain lands at Gibraltar airport
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By h.b. - Dec 17, 2006 - 1:26 PM
The Iberia Airbus 319 had a mixture of politicans and fare paying passengers on board

The first commercial flight between Madrid and Gibraltar took place at 1205am on Saturday morning.

It follows the recent three party agreement between Gibraltar, Spain and the U.K.

The plane landed on the rock five minutes early at 1255 with a passenger list of Spanish politicians, journalists and businessmen, making them the first time that representatives of the Spanish executive have been on the rock in 50 years.

There were 60 normal paying Iberia customers on the flight, carried out by the Airbus 319, Ciudad de Baeza.

Iberia are now running a daily service between Madrid and Gibraltar.

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