Divers

📱 Gabriel González, journalist and travel content creator, showcased Iberia's new Airbus jewel, the A321XLR, on November 6. The video tour featured the exterior and interior, including the cockpit, and the tourist and business classes, with insights from Natalia, a flight attendant involved in the premium cabin configuration.

🚀 A Jet2 Boeing 737 flying from Fuerteventura to Glasgow declared an emergency due to possible onboard smoke as it approached Galicia's coast. The incident led to a diversion to Santiago, where the aircraft landed safely with firefighter escort. Air traffic controllers provided a direct route and prioritized descent, later resuming normal operations for subsequent traffic.

✈ An Airbus A380 from Australian airline Qantas flew for over 290 hours with a forgotten tool in one of its four engines. On December 6, during a routine inspection at Los Angeles Airport, USA, a 1.25-meter tool used to check a compressor's pressure was left in the outer left engine. After 34 flight cycles and nearly a month later, the tool was discovered during another maintenance session. Despite the tool's deformation from air pressure, no engine damage was found. The early-year incident led to an internal report and staff instructions to prevent similar incidents, which experts deem exceptionally fortunate for not causing engine destruction.

✈ Norwegian Air, on the verge of closure due to long-haul business losses, is now recovering by adapting to focus solely on Europe. The airline will reopen its Stockholm Arlanda airport base in the upcoming summer, following the closure during its financial crisis. Sweden will abolish the aviation tax on July 1, enhancing its attractiveness. Norwegian's CEO, Geir Karlsen, mentions the strategic advantage of a Stockholm base, with plans to station 60 pilots and 200 employees in the city. The announcement follows the recent reopening of their Las Palmas base.

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💸 Canarian travel agencies are battling airlines for quicker payment of service fees from bookings made with resident discount rates, which represent about 16% of their gross margin. ACAVyT's president, Ignacio Poladura, calls for expedited airline repayments to improve agencies' liquidity. Recently, discussions with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation aimed at potential legal changes to enforce faster airline payment processing were held at the Ministry of Transport, which also included CEAV and Canarian government transport representatives.

🔎 Javier Hidalgo, former CEO of Air Europa and son of Juan José Hidalgo, is not in Botsuana, Dominican Republic, or Ibiza but has recently been in the Caribbean country. Within ten days prior, he traveled to an undisclosed North American location, reportedly within three hours flight from the Dominican Republic, possibly Miami or Los Angeles. Hidalgo is set to appear in Madrid on the 22nd to respond to a Senate commission and is not considered a fugitive. His recent visit involved business dealings potentially subject to investigation.

🚩 Passengers on a Vueling flight from Barcelona to Granada experienced a scare when the right engine caught fire during takeoff this weekend. The plane aborted the takeoff, and passengers were evacuated. The airline described the event only as a "technical incident," providing no further details.

🏬 British Airways' A380 made a stunning visual during its landing approach as captured in a video by @carloszorrilla1983 on YouTube, where the aircraft dramatically emerged from the mist before disappearing again prior to touchdown.