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Miguel Praga

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Alarma en París: hoteles vacíos pese a los Juegos Olímpicos

🏅 France has invested €7.5 billion in organizing the post-pandemic Olympic Games. A week before the event, Paris faces challenges as hotel bookings are only at 81% capacity, with moderate prices due to lower than expected crowds. Air France predicts a loss of up to €180 million due to falling bookings. Officials remain hopeful despite indications that the anticipated tourism boom has not materialized, and both the SNCF railway and businesses report sluggish sales.
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Emirates vuelve al pasado y abre una tienda física en Hong Kong

✈ Emirates opened its first physical store in Hong Kong as part of a new strategy to establish offices throughout the Far East. The inauguration was attended by the airline's Vice President of Commercial Operations in the Far East and the Consul of the Emirates. The store spans 1,500 square meters, aiming to evoke the grandeur of Paris' Champs Elysees in the '70s or '80s. Emirates operates three daily flights from Dubai to Hong Kong.
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La industria de la aviación se cita en Londres ahogada en pedidos

✈️ At Farnborough, a small town west of London with a private airport, the aviation industry meets biennially. Starting next Monday, manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus will showcase innovations amidst overwhelming demand. Boeing has 5,000 pending orders, Airbus has 8,000, and both face significant delays. Boeing won't display new planes in London, focusing on regaining reliability. Airbus arrives with the newly certified A321XLR, soon to fly with Iberia as its first airline, and is prioritizing factory process improvements over grand displays. Key buyers like JAL, Qatar, Korean, and Turkish are expected to make purchases, with details unknown. Watch for Embraer and China's Comac.
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Southwest, con un software de 1992, no sufrió problemas

🚀 Southwest Airlines, the first low-cost carrier in the U.S., experienced a massive failure one and a half years ago due to outdated systems during a period of air space saturation. On a recent Friday, it was the only U.S. airline operating normally amidst a Microsoft-caused chaos, thanks to its use of the 32-year-old Windows 3.1 OS, which was unaffected by CloudStrike's security update. UPS and FedEx also use this old OS and functioned without issues, while other airlines faced delays and cancellations. Southwest had previously claimed plans to upgrade their systems, which they evidently did not.
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Imserso: última oportunidad para apuntarse a los viajes

🏖 Pensionistas have until Monday, July 22, to apply for the next tourism program season starting mid-September, with 886,269 spots across coastal, island (Canary and Balearic Islands), and inland tourism. Applications are urged to be made online via Imserso's electronic office or sent to Programa de Turismo del Imserso, P.O. Box 10.140, 28080 Madrid. Sales will be handled by Turismo Social (Ávoris) and numerous accredited travel agencies.
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La caída de Windows cancela 4.000 vuelos en todo el mundo

🛫 4,000 flights worldwide were canceled due to a Windows (Microsoft) server glitch, with even more delays reported. In the U.S., 1,600 flights were canceled, with Delta experiencing the most at 760. Ryanair in Europe suspended only a few flights but faced significant delays. The failure affected global economic activities, notably air transport, internet, and media, but no air traffic control centers were compromised. Check-in processes were heavily disrupted, although non-Windows systems remained accessible.
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Puente considera que “no ha habido grandes problemas en los aeropuertos”

🛫 Óscar Puente, Spain's Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, downplayed today's chaotic day at Aena's network, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. The failure of Microsoft's systems, impacting 400 flights with cancellations and numerous delays, caused significant disarray, contradicting the minister's minimal disruption claims. Nevertheless, he praised Aena and staff for maintaining near-normal operations. Discrepancies are evident between Puente's remarks and the widespread reports of chaos on social media and news outlets.
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Corea del Norte inaugura una gran zona de turismo de playa

🌊 Kim Jong-un visited Wonsan Kalma, North Korea's east coast, for luxury hotel construction, aiming for a tourist resort targeting international clients. Project delayed due to construction material shortages and the pandemic, but nears completion for May 2025 opening. The resort, described as a "paradise" by Kim, will potentially attract Chinese tourists, the pre-pandemic leaders in North Korea visitation, despite current travel constraints that require a guide and limited reopened borders.
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Hito de Airbus: el A321XLR recibe luz verde para operar en Europa

✈ The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the Airbus A321XLR, a narrow-body aircraft for long-haul flights, with CFM LEAP-1A engines. Certification for the Pratt & Whitney engine version is expected later, along with approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The A321XLR can fly about 8,000 kilometers non-stop. The first A321XLR's maiden flight was in June 2022. Over 500 orders for the aircraft have been placed, with Iberia set to receive the first eight units.
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