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'I came to Madrid airport to sleep and stayed'
It may seem like something out of the Hollywood film The Terminal, but for around 40 homeless people, Madrid's Barajas Airport is the closest thing they have to a place to live.
Drug mule left to die in airport over Ebola fears
A Nigerian drug smuggler at Madrid's international airport who started shivering after the cocaine bags he was carrying inside his body burst was left to die after airport authorities activated an emergency Ebola alert
Madrid airport staff to strike in late August
Staff at Madrid's Adolfo Suárez Barajas airport have called a strike for the last weekend of August to protest the privatization of Spain's state-owned airport operator.
Scamming taxi drivers cheat tourists in Madrid
Madrid recently introduced a flat-rate fare of €30 ($40) for all taxi trips from the city's Barajas airport to the city centre in a bid to increase fare transparency. But some taxi drivers are still finding ways to prey on newly-arrived tourists.
Madrid airport makes world punctuality top ten
Madrid's Barajas airport was among the ten most punctual in the world in November with only Munich performing better in Europe.
Emergency landing in Madrid for NYC flight
Passengers on board a Delta Airlines plane at Madrid's Barajas airport were given a fright on Thursday morning after technical problems forced the aircraft's pilots to carry out an emergency landing minutes after take-off.
Tourist trap: Spain's 'airport bus' to nowhere
Tourists who take Madrid's bus 114 to the 'airport' often come in for a nasty surprise at the end of their journey.
Madrid names school after Margaret Thatcher
Madrid authorities have given the green light to the creation of a new state school named after the recently-deceased former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Teen gatecrashers trash plane at Madrid airport
Two young men have caused €30,000 worth of damage to an airplane parked at Barajas airport in Madrid in what they told police was just as a bit of “weekend mischief”.