Miguel Praga

✈️ EgyptAir, Azorra, and Delta are part of a unique collaboration in July 2025, involving a six-year-old Airbus A220 being dismantled for parts at Arkansas airport. The decision, driven by high demand for aviation parts and issues with Pratt & Whitney engines, highlights the scarcity in the aviation market. Delta, as the first buyer of the model, benefits from this imaginative partnership, which aims to reduce grounded aircraft by supplying necessary components.

🛫 Iberia and Alsa's Bus&Fly expands to include five new Spanish cities—La Coruña, Lugo, Palencia, Torrelavega, and Cartagena—joining 20 existing connections like Alicante and Bilbao. This intermodal service combines bus and flight in one ticket to Madrid's T4 for international flights. Customers can now opt for Iberia's economical basic fare in economy class. María Jesús López Solás of Iberia emphasizes enhanced service diversity and accessibility for international travel.

🛩 French Civil Aviation Authority requests airlines to reduce flights on Thursday and Friday due to an air traffic controllers' strike. The strike coincides with the start of school summer vacations. Paris airports expect a 25% reduction, while Nice, Bastia, and Calvi airports face a 50% cut, and Marseille, Lyon, Montpellier, Ajaccio, and Figari see a 30% reduction. Flights to Corsica are among the most affected, with anticipated delays across the country.

✈ A Boeing 787-900 from Air Europa, carrying nearly 300 passengers, had to perform two emergency landings on its route from Asunción, Paraguay, to Madrid, Spain. On October 2023, after taking off at 13:15 local time, the plane returned to Silvio Pettirossi Airport due to a technical issue. It circled for 20 minutes at 4,000 meters to burn fuel. Two hours later, at 16:11, the second takeoff also ended with an emergency landing, citing the same issue.

✈️ World2Fly and Iberojet, based in Madrid, are diversifying strategies. ???? World2Fly: daily flights to Cancún, five weekly to Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, and thrice to Havana (July-September). ????️ Iberojet: focuses on Costa Rica, Honduras, Bangkok, with varied weekly flights until September. ???? Iberojet collaborates with Air Europa for Caribbean routes. ✈️ Fleets: World2Fly - 4 A330, 3 A350; Iberojet - 5 A330, 2 A350, 1 A320. Seat capacity: A350 (432), A330 (388). ????

🌍 Desde el 1 de julio, los pensionistas no acreditados pueden registrarse para la próxima temporada del programa de turismo del Imserso, con inscripciones abiertas hasta el 23 de julio de 2025. Las ventas comenzarán en septiembre. Participantes elegibles incluyen jubilados, viudos mayores de 55 años, y beneficiarios del sistema de Seguridad Social español. Inscripciones pueden realizarse electrónicamente, por correo o en registros oficiales. Acompañantes permitidos incluyen cónyuges y hijos con discapacidad significativa.

🌍 El Boletín Oficial del Estado anuncia precios de viajes del Imserso 2025, con recargos de hasta 200€ para pensionistas en temporada alta (octubre, mayo, junio para peninsular y Baleares; diciembre, enero, febrero para Canarias). Lotes incluyen costa peninsular, Baleares, Canarias y escapadas. Ejemplos: 10 días en Canarias con transporte por 464,72€, más recargos. Suplementos: habitación individual 22-26€/noche, especial Navidad/Año Nuevo 20€/comida.