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Miguel Praga

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Pandilla de majaderos

✈ Tenerife Norte Airport, mid-August Saturday: fog delays a flight, forcing it to reschedule from Tenerife Sur, but no buses are available for passenger transfer. Both airports halt operations by midnight, resulting in the flight's cancellation. Travellers, unable to find last-minute lodging in La Laguna or Santa Cruz, end up spending the night at the airport. The following day, services resume, and an arriving plane concludes the ordeal. The airline pledges to cover incurred expenses, although travelers express frustration over the mishandling and inconvenience.
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Una aerolínea que sólo vuela una vez por mes una única ruta

✈️ Noel Phillips, known as an 'aviation youtuber', shares weekly videos about unique airlines and services. Eastern Airlines, once a leading airline deregulated in the '80s and partly bought by Donald Trump, ceased operations and was forgotten until its brand was sold cheaply in 2009. In 2018, another company bought the brand and unusual routes like Guayaquil, Montevideo, and the Balkans were created, which led to losses. Today, Eastern operates mainly cargo flights but maintains a minimal passenger service with a monthly flight from Miami to Santo Domingo without advertising.
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Ávoris ingresará 80.000 euros por promocionar Lanzarote

🏖 Ávoris, led by Juan Carlos González, won a contract worth €74,766.35 (plus IGIC tax) from Turismo de Lanzarote to promote the island. Primarily targeting the Spanish market, which has traditionally been a major source of visitors due to proximity, Ávoris will also focus on Portugal, the third-largest international market for Lanzarote, which contributed over 317,000 visitors, or about 10%, in 2023.
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Batalla por el alcohol para los ‘hooligans’ ingleses en Ryanair

✈ Ryanair's Michael O'Leary urges a ban on selling more than two pints of beer per passenger at airports to curb 'record numbers of disruptive passengers,' often en route to Mediterranean destinations like Ibiza. Wetherspoon, the UK's largest pub chain present at many British airports, where alcohol accounts for a third of sales, counters the claim, highlighting their elimination of airport pub alcoholics and criticizing Ryanair's discounts on Irish whiskey. The public spat between O'Leary and Wetherspoon's controversial owner Tim Martin garners media attention during a slow news period.
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Ryanair amenaza con reasignar aviones a países rivales de España

🚀 Ryanair has appealed to the CNMC against Aena's decision to increase airport taxes in 2025, claiming it mocks the Spanish Government's 2021 decision to freeze these taxes. The low-cost carrier warns of investment cuts and reassignment of five aircraft to countries like Croatia, Italy, and Morocco due to previous "unjustified and excessive" rate hikes. Ryanair urges the CNMC to enforce the promised 2021 tax freeze and dismiss Aena's new increase, threatening to reduce its capacity in Spain if it's approved.
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Empaquetan los aviones en plástico para bajar emisiones

✈ Lufthansa experiments with "AeroShark," a synthetic material wrapping for planes, enhancing aerodynamics and reducing CO2 emissions. The "shark skin" has been used on a dozen Lufthansa aircraft for a total of 100,000 hours. Four Boeing planes have already been covered, projected to save 8,300 tons of CO2 each over four years, equivalent to 46 flights from Vienna to New York. Lufthansa plans to expand the technology to 12 Swiss B777s, one 747, and four 777 freighters. Taiwan's Eva Air is also considering testing the coating.
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Tremendas imágenes del accidente de un Boeing 737 en Guinea Ecuatorial

💥 A Boeing 737 of Ceiba Intercontinental skidded off the runway at Malabo International Airport, Equatorial Guinea, due to low visibility and wet runway conditions. The incident, captured on video by a passenger, was broadcasted by the country's Minister of Civil Aviation and Airport Infrastructures, Norberto Bartolomé Monsuy Mañe Andeme. Initial reports indicate a few non-critical injuries.
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Hidalgo recurre a Ávoris por los problemas de flota de Air Europa

✈ Air Europa, due to fleet issues, has leased an A330-900Neo from Iberojet for five weekly flights between Madrid and New York from September 19 to October 31. This follows a previous rescue operation by Iberojet from April 14 to June 23 for daily Madrid-Havana flights. Air Europa also contracted Wamos Air for 13 round trips between Madrid and New York in May. Air Europa plans to expand its 26 Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet with three additional units amidst Boeing's delivery delays.
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Rusia, detrás del auge de las aerolíneas chinas en Europa

🛩 Western airlines announce daily they are ceasing flights to various destinations in China, Japan, and the Far East, with Chinese airlines swiftly filling the gaps. Western sanctions on Russia for flying over its airspace extend flight durations from Western Europe by two hours, due to detours avoiding conflict zones like Israel, Iran, and Afghanistan, increasing costs and crew complications. Meanwhile, Chinese airlines leverage unrestricted Russian airspace, boosting connections to cities like London, Budapest, Barcelona, Istanbul, and Milan. Despite the expansion, Chinese travel is still below pre-pandemic levels.
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Ryanair: “Estamos teniendo cifras récord de pasajeros conflictivos”

🛩 Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, reports a record increase in disruptive passengers, especially in summer. The airline experiences an average of "one serious aggression case per week," a significant rise from "almost zero" 5-10 years ago. O'Leary attributes the rise to excessive alcohol and drug use, calls for stricter airport alcohol limits, and demands harsher legal penalties. Liverpool and Glasgow to Ibiza flights are most affected.
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