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✈ Air Europa, starting July 12, will fly daily between Madrid and Istanbul using Boeing 787 Dreamliner, enhancing its presence in Turkey after debuting in May with four weekly flights. Turkish Airlines, along with Lufthansa and Air France-KLM, is negotiating to acquire a stake in Air Europa. The Hidalgo family aims to finalize the deal by the end of July amid high demand despite competition from Turkish Airlines and Pegasus.

🏨 Riu Hotels & Resorts expands its Elite Club service by 2026 to Playa del Carmen and Costa Mujeres, offering exclusive features in resorts accommodating up to 1,000 guests. Current locations include Cancun, Los Cabos, Nayarit, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Aruba, and Mauritius. Benefits include premium drinks, room views, late check-out, and exclusive dining reservations. Riu Palace Swahili in Zanzibar will also offer the Elite Club service starting 2026.

🛂 En 2019, EE.UU. incrementó el escrutinio a viajeros entrantes para combatir amenazas, requiriendo revisión exhaustiva de dispositivos electrónicos y redes sociales, incluso sin orden judicial. Alemania, Reino Unido, Dinamarca y Finlandia advierten a sus ciudadanos sobre estos controles. Negarse a colaborar puede resultar en denegación de entrada. Ciudadanos españoles pueden visitar hasta 90 días con ESTA y pasaporte válido. Se recomienda dejar redes sociales accesibles y preparar documentación adicional como reservas y comprobantes económicos.

🛫 Embarcar por la izquierda en aviones tiene raíces históricas, derivando de prácticas marítimas donde el acceso era a babor. Modernamente, aviones están diseñados con puertas que se abren hacia adentro y adelante, facilitando el acceso por la izquierda. El lado derecho maneja operaciones técnicas como carga y combustible. Cambiar este estándar implicaría una costosa reorganización aeroportuaria. Las salidas de emergencia a la izquierda permiten evacuaciones rápidas, optimizando seguridad y eficiencia.

✈ KLM staff strike set for July 9 remains despite a €1,000 one-time payment offer and a 0.5% to 2.5% salary increase, depending on economic results. Unions find the proposal insufficient to reconsider halting the strike. The strike coincides with the start of school holidays in the Netherlands, impacting travelers. Souleiman Amallah states KLM hasn’t met negotiation standards. Hours later, Air France-KLM announced acquiring a majority stake in Scandinavian airline SAS.

🚨 Un grave incidente ocurrió en un Boeing 737 de Ryanair en Palma de Mallorca, dejando 18 heridos, de los cuales 6 fueron hospitalizados. El incendio en la aeronave ocurrió en la pista del aeropuerto, generando pánico y evacuaciones por las salidas de emergencia. El incidente fue reportado al centro SAMU061 a las 00:36 horas, movilizando ambulancias de Soporte Vital Avanzado y Básico, bomberos y la Guardia Civil. Las causas del incendio aún son desconocidas.

🛩 French air traffic controllers' strike impacted Europe, ending Friday with 260 controllers involved. Mallorca faced the most disruptions in Spain. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary criticized Ursula Von der Leyen, asking for her resignation over ineffective crisis management. Affected were 1,500 flights and 300,000 travelers, who are not entitled to compensation but are provided accommodation by airlines. O'Leary noted that unlike France, strikes in Italy or Spain don't affect overflights.

📅 3 de julio, en el restaurante Azul Rooftop de Barcelona, se celebró la Noche del Socio de ACAVE, con más de 230 invitados. Este evento, último con la actual Junta, reunió a representantes de agencias de viajes, hotelería, MICE, aerolíneas y tecnología. Jordi Martí, presidente de ACAVE, destacó la importancia de esta cita para el fortalecimiento de vínculos en el sector. Patrocinadores incluyeron al Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, ERGO, Iberia y República Dominicana.

✈️ Algerian footballer Youcef Belaïli was detained on July 2, 2025, by French police at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport after causing a mid-flight altercation on a flight from New York. The incident began when crew members requested that Belaïli fasten his child's seatbelt. The situation escalated into a fight, necessitating police intervention upon landing. Belaïli had just returned from a vacation in the U.S. after participating in the Club World Cup with Esperance de Tunis. His father criticized the police's handling of the situation.

🛫 Ryanair criticizes Minister Óscar Puente using an AI-generated image, highlighting delays in its operations. The image places Puente in second place on a podium led by the French Transport Minister, with Germany in third. Ryanair claims 4.7 million passengers faced delays this year due to French air traffic control issues. The airline blames Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, and the UK for increased delays, citing poor management and staffing shortages in air traffic control services.