Malaga airport is not suffering from a plague of bed bugs, authorities have insisted.
Speaking to the Spanish Eye, airport authority Aena said ‘it is NOT true that there are bedbugs or any other pests’ at the Costa del Sol travel hub.
It comes after a video went viral on social media on Monday, allegedly showing hundreds of little bugs crawling up a wall inside the airport.
Commenters claiming to have seen the creatures said ‘they are bedbugs’, with another saying ‘how disgusting’, alongside a flood of negative reactions.
However, when contacted by the Spanish Eye, Aena strongly denied the presence of any plagues, while a fumigation company hired by the authority said the insects seen in the video were an isolated incident and not bedbugs.
Aena said: ‘Regarding your question about the video, it is NOT true that there are bedbugs or any other pests at Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport, as stated in the report by the specialised company Contraplagas Ambiental.
‘The latest report from this specialised company is from three days ago, on Friday the 16th.
‘Today (Monday), the traps in place were reviewed and new inspections were carried out. They are not bedbugs. This is what the company Contraplagas stated after its visit.
‘Cleaning and sanitation tasks are ongoing, and when there are requests from employees or passengers regarding any aspect related to cleaning, the facilities are inspected and the necessary tasks are carried out.’
The report from the fumigation company states: ‘The work area has been inspected and has found no evidence of insect or arthropod activity beyond what was detected in the video submitted.
‘Monitoring traps have been set up for review during subsequent visits. The personnel working in the area have been contacted, and only one person was found with symptoms consistent with skin irritation; we cannot confirm whether these were bites.
‘This indicates no or very minor impact. We will continue inspecting the area in the coming days.’
Aena said it has intensified the deep cleaning of the check-in counters since Friday.
