The major problem for Gibraltar, as far as the Spanish were concerned, was called Garcia-Margallo...now thankfully departed from Spanish politics.The winds of change are blowing through Madrid and I think a new approach may be on the cards in the new year...A lot of his own party disagreed with Margallo over Gibraltar, but were frightened of the buffoon
Hopefully Aer Lingus and others might be persuaded to give it a go..
EK 77...Ryanair is unlikely, as the airfield is rather short , and the 738 needs to be equipped for `short field `operations, which I dont think they have..LBA has been angling for a route to Gib for some time now, so maybe a Monarch from there is a possibility..