Cake fight continues

THE ‘cake controversy’ has returned to Mallorca airport.

Nearly two months ago several airlines came under fire for charging passengers extra for carrying Mallorcan ensaimada pastries onboard, until the public outcry forced the companies to announce that passengers could now carry one or two without any extra cost.

However, on Monday three passengers on a flight from Mallorca to Barcelona reported that the airline charged them €46 each for carrying ensaimadas through the boarding gate as they had only booked basic tariffs, and that if they could not fit the pastry into their hand luggage they counted as an extra item.

They decided to all put their ensaimadas into one bag so they only had to pay once, before filing a complaint with the airline and requesting meetings with the regional Tourism department and the Confectioners’ Guild.