Miguel Praga

🛫 Clyde Caruana, Malta's Finance Minister, accuses KM Malta pilots of greed during a strike in protest over recruitment methods, despite agreements from a year ago. KM Malta, a public airline replacing Air Malta, is only one year old. The government has invested €400 million to preserve pilot jobs. Caruana claims past agreements offered substantial retirement compensations to hire new staff without historic rights and describes the strikes as annual government pressure tactics.

🛩 El 24 de julio de 2025, un Boeing 737 MAX 8 de Alaska Airlines, vuelo AS231, impactó con tres ciervos al aterrizar en la isla de Kodiak, Alaska. A pesar de los daños, el avión, matrícula N801AK, logró detenerse por completo y continuar hasta la terminal.

✈️ Wizz Air will launch five new routes between London and Spain, including Bilbao, Barcelona, Sevilla, Madrid, and Valencia, starting March 29, 2024. This expansion challenges Ryanair and EasyJet. The airline will also introduce routes between Vienna, Milan, and Rome from October 26, 2023, with eleven weekly connections between Milan and Rome. Operating mainly from London Luton, Wizz Air is the second-lowest cost low-cost carrier after Ryanair.

🚀 Embraer, a Brazilian company, has a record $30 billion order book, the largest in its 50-year history. In the last three months, Embraer sold 45 planes to Scandinavia's SAS and 60 to the U.S.'s SkyWest. In the first half of the year, Embraer delivered 61 aircraft, up from 47 a year ago, boosting cash flow. The company avoided a potential setback when Boeing withdrew from a previously planned acquisition, allowing Embraer to capitalize on its E195-E2 aircraft.