Miguel Praga

✈ Córdoba, September 2025: The newly reactivated Córdoba Airport, 133 km from Seville, resumes commercial flights. Vueling begins operations with flights from Barcelona, arriving Thursdays and Sundays at 14:50 and returning at 15:25. This service will run until March 2026. The Platform for Córdoba Airport, a local advocacy group, championed this cause. Despite interest, Ryanair is unlikely to operate here due to its current strategy of exiting low-demand airports. Córdoba is also near other major airports and has high-speed rail to Madrid.

💸 In Spain, 2025 sees economic slowdown, yet major travel groups predict strong growth for late 2025, surpassing 2024 results. Despite recent demand fluctuations, they report strong bookings and positive fall contracts. Contrastingly, mid-sized tour operators face anxiety after a lackluster summer and bleak forecasts for the year's final months. The industry is split: large networks anticipate another record year, while independent operators worry about year-end challenges.

✈ Avelo, a small U.S. airline with 22 Boeing 737s, has committed to buying 100 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft—50 firm orders and 50 optional. The deal could total $4.4 billion before discounts. Deliveries are expected by early 2027. The E195-E2 seats 120-146 passengers and suits Avelo's low-demand routes on the East Coast and selected destinations in Oregon and Washington. Avelo will be the only U.S. airline operating Embraer, following JetBlue's retirement of older models.

✈ Iberojet faced significant challenges during peak summer. When? Recent months. Where? Santa Clara, Cuba, and Cancún, Mexico. What? Two Airbus A350 aircraft, each with 432 seats, were grounded for almost a month due to spare parts shortages. How? Flights were canceled, and ACMI-leased aircraft were used. Why? To maintain operations amid high demand. The issue is now resolved with all eight aircraft, including five A330s and one A320, back in service.

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✈ Six years ago, Boeing faced issues with the B737Max due to two accidents: Lion Air (2018) and Ethiopian Airlines (2019). Deliveries, particularly to China, were halted. In Moses Lake, Washington, Boeing stored planes awaiting resolution. Recently, the B737-8, serial 7,813, first flown in November 2019, was finally delivered to Air China in Beijing with registration B-20DJ. It had a test flight on August 12, prior to the handover.

📦 Este miércoles, drones rusos impactaron en Polonia, cerrando tres aeropuertos, incluidos dos en Varsovia. Michael O’Leary, CEO de Ryanair, alertó sobre el impacto prolongado en la aviación. Solo el 60% de los vuelos de Ryanair fueron puntuales, comparado con el 90% habitual. O’Leary no teme por la seguridad inmediata pero señala posibles caos por cierres aéreos. OTAN realiza maniobras en el este de Europa. Ryanair podría no volver a volar a Israel antes del 25 de octubre.