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🌍 Ávoris Corporación Empresarial, in collaboration with Grupo de Turismo Gaviota and Meliá Hotels International, is organizing a significant event in Cuba from September 12-19, 2024, targeting more than 400 travel agents from Spain and Portugal. Utilizing direct Iberojet flights from Madrid and Lisbon to Santa Clara, the initiative aims to boost tourism in Cuba, which saw a decline in arrivals. This is part of Cuba's effort to revitalize tourism with structural reforms and increased international cooperation.

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🛫 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.

🚄 Nox, en 2027, comenzará operaciones desde Berlín, conectando 100 ciudades europeas, incluyendo París, Barcelona, Varsovia, Ámsterdam y Roma, para 2035. Los trenes ofrecerán cabinas privadas en tres categorías: individual, doble y dos camas, desde 79€ para individuales y 149€ para dobles. Estos trenes incluirán servicios de comida, espacio para bicicletas y accesibilidad para sillas de ruedas, compitiendo con aerolíneas de bajo costo y mejorando la experiencia nocturna en tren.

🌌 En 2025, la lluvia de meteoros Delta Acuáridas se observa del 12 de julio al 23 de agosto, con su pico máximo entre el 30 y el 31 de julio. Ubicada en la constelación de Acuario, proviene del cometa 96P/Machholz. El mejor momento para verla es en cielos oscuros, idealmente desde destinos de astroturismo en España. La actividad lunar favorable el 1 de agosto optimiza la visibilidad de este fenómeno celestial.

🌌 El eclipse solar de 2026 recorrerá desde Galicia hasta las Islas Baleares, acrecentando el turismo. Airbnb reporta un aumento de búsquedas en Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana y Baleares. Teruel y Ariza destacan como destinos. Familias y grupos (71%) predominan en las búsquedas de alojamiento. Airbnb colabora con Fundación Starlight, donando $35,000 para proteger cielos nocturnos y promover astroturismo. El eclipse es parte del "Trío Ibérico" de eventos astronómicos que se verán entre 2026 y 2028.

✈️ 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.