Miguel Praga

✈ In the US, two Boeing B727s, over 50 years old, fly for Vallejo Company and Towards Air, California, not serving regular passengers. The oldest commercial Boeing plane is a 50-year-old 737 from Nolinor Aviation, Quebec, Canada, formerly with Transavia, Holland. An Airbus A300 from Iran Air, 40.5 years old, is the oldest in Europe. Maldivian operates a 55.1-year-old De Havilland DHC6. Colombia has DC3s, 88 years old, flying regular routes; 163 DC3s exist, mainly for demos, with Aliansa still operating them.

🚩 British passports have a ten-year validity plus an extra nine months for renewal processing, causing issues with EU entry as the EU does not accept passports older than ten years. This bureaucratic discrepancy affects the primary nationality visiting and sending tourists to the EU, the UK, whose citizens used to enter the EU without restrictions. This lack of common sense overlooks the importance of tourism. *Please note that the article provided does not include specific dates, locations, or statistical data to be included in the summary. The summary is based on the general facts presented in the text.

🏠 Greece has banned the rental of basements or rooms without windows, natural light, and direct ventilation. The new law, introduced to the Parliament, also outlaws properties in non-residential areas and halts the approval of new tourist accommodations in Athens' districts of Kolonaki, Koukaki, and Exarchia for one year with fines of €20,000 for non-compliance. The government aims to maintain quality tourism over surpassing yearly records.

✈️ Ryanair is suing a disruptive passenger for €15,350 after an incident on April 9 that forced a flight from Lanzarote to Dublin to divert to Porto. The costs breakdown includes €800 for excess fuel, €7,000 for accommodation, €2,500 for landing/handling fees, €750 for lost onboard sales, €1,800 for crew replacement, and €2,500 in Portuguese fees. 160 passengers and 6 crew members were on board.