Miguel Praga

✈ KLM and Air France, being the same company, have distinct practices. KLM joins Air France's initiative of charging for food on board on Amsterdam to Lisbon, Porto, and Oslo routes as a trial. The test, running until April, offers economy class passengers free water, coffee, or tea with a waffle or paid menu options ranging from €2.50 for a KitKat to €6-7 for a sandwich. Business class continues to receive all services free. The decision to extend paid service across European routes will follow after the trial, a path Air France is also expected to take, while British Airways and Lufthansa already charge for food on short-haul flights.

💥 Endeavor Air (Delta Airlines subsidiary) CRJ-900 aircraft accident in Toronto after departing from Minneapolis with 76 passengers onboard; occurred at 02:15 pm local time on Monday, resulting in at least 19 hospitalized, 3 critically.

🚨 In Toronto, an Endeavor Air flight, a Delta Airlines subsidiary, with 76 passengers, overturned upon landing at 2:15 pm local time on Monday. At least 19 people were hospitalized, three in critical condition. The CRJ-900 aircraft came from Minneapolis and faced snowy, icy conditions. Two runways will remain closed for investigations over the "next few days".

📌 A Jet2 Boeing 737 flying from Tenerife Sur to East Midlands requested an emergency landing in Santiago de Compostela on Friday after a male passenger in his seventies required urgent medical attention. Despite not operating in Galician airports, the flight LS676 made the unscheduled landing where medical assistance was rendered, but the passenger was pronounced dead upon arrival. The incident was confirmed by a Jet2 representative in the UK.

🚀 On a recent flight from Lanzarote to Bilbao, passengers aboard an Air Europa Boeing 737 experienced a scare when the crew detected a flap failure during the approach to the airport. The incident led to the aircraft being escorted by firefighters upon landing, extending the flight duration by an average of 30 minutes.