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Miguel Praga

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Viajes del Imserso: el plan para perseguir las infracciones

🛫 Imserso is addressing the decline in the quality of its tourism program by hiring a company to monitor contract execution and enhancing penalty measures for the 2025/2026 season. The state agency aims to rectify administrative malfunctions, prevent irregularities, and improve quality indicators. Users will evaluate the program, with results shared with unions and business organizations. Imserso emphasizes the need to continue bolstering human resources and committing to high-quality public service.
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El presidente de Canarias intentó sin éxito parar la huelga de Tenerife

🏖 The President of the Canary Islands urged unions to negotiate with business representatives to avert the hospitality strike in Tenerife, but talks failed. Negotiations lasted until 8 PM Canary time, with false hopes for an agreement in the afternoon. The strike will affect tens of thousands of tourists. Gran Canaria reached an agreement previously, avoiding a strike that would have been the first in many years in Spain's hospitality sector.
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Ryanair acepta que Expedia venda sus billetes

🛫 Expedia, the world's largest OTA, and Ryanair, have reached an agreement after lengthy negotiations, allowing the sale of the Irish airline's flights on the American agency's platform. This deal enhances customer experience by eliminating unusual verification processes previously imposed by Ryanair on agency-referred customers, providing transparent pricing with clear separation of airline charges and intermediary fees, and ensuring direct airline communication with customers in event of delays or cancellations, with refunds processed via the online agency.
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Aeroflot informa a Putin de que va como nunca jamás

📍 In 2024, Aeroflot transported 55 million passengers, a 17% increase from 2023, surpassing the 50 million target due to fleet efficiency improvements. President Sergei Alexandrovsky reported to Putin, without the Transport Minister present, a market share rise to 42%, operation of 349 aircraft including subsidiaries, and a 30% salary hike for the 33,500 employees. International travelers increased by 33% to 12 million, and new destinations reached 36, totaling 280 routes. Safety improved to 5,730 hours per incident.
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Ryanair rechazará los 737Max si los aranceles los encarecen

✈ Ryanair's CEO Michael O’Leary threatens to delay receiving 25 Boeing 737 Max jets, starting August, if new tariffs raise costs. Nearly 600 of the airline's fleet are Boeing 737 models, with only about 20 being Airbus, used by the subsidiary Lauda. Similarly, Delta's CEO Ed Bastian refuses to accept 34 Airbus aircraft with added tariffs. Both airlines could postpone deliveries into the next year to avoid increased prices.
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Imserso: cambio en Turismo Social a las puertas del concurso

🏖 Ávoris appoints Juan Carlos Vicedo as the new contracting director for its brands Turismo Social and Mundosenior, with the former managing Imserso's tourism program for seniors. Vicedo joined Ávoris in September 2018 and previously worked for Serhs Tourism for nearly nine years. Beatriz Varela Quintás led the division a year ago, succeeding Juan Manuel Molina, who left after about 32 years with the group.
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El nombre en clave para el rescate de Air Europa: “tema alas”

✈ The Guardia Civil's Central Operative Unit (UCO) discovered that Koldo García used the codename "alas" (wings) to discuss the bailout for Air Europa. A week before the official bailout request, on August 3, 2020, Koldo contacted Aldama for a talk on the "alas" issue. Conversations between August and November 2020 suggest Aldama used his connections with Koldo and Ábalos to influence the bailout. Javier Hidalgo, ex-CEO of Globalia, contacted Begoña Gómez, Spain's PM's wife, which contributed to the rescue being authorized on November 3, 2020, amounting to €475 million—the largest granted. José Luis Ábalos allegedly received an economic benefit for his role, involving a payment for a chalet rental worth €9,800. Air Europa denies any involvement in accelerating the bailout or the chalet payment.
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Iberia: el coste millonario de reestructurar el handling

📍 South Europe Ground Services, Iberia's new handling division, launched on May 16, 2024, after Aena's bidding fiasco and intense union negotiations, including strikes. By November 2024, an ERE agreement was signed for 1,499 of the 8,400 employees, crucial for viability, costing 160 million euros. The restructuring followed Iberia's loss of handling contracts at eight Aena airports in 2023. In 2024, Iberia's handling revenues fell 18.4% to 159 million euros from 195 million in 2023.
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Ávoris y W2M trasladan su disputa al sureste de Europa

🏢 Ávoris and World2Meet (W2M) are set to compete in Bulgaria and Romania. W2M announced its expansion into these southeastern European markets earlier in the year, with plans to move into Central Europe next. Ávoris, owned by Barceló, aims to establish itself as an issuer, probably under the Travelplan brand. Both companies seek strategic internationalization, with Ávoris recently entering Mexico and Italy and eyeing Morocco and France. Ávoris' Director General, Juan Carlos González, targets 50% of Ebitda from foreign markets.
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