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🔍 Hoteles.com conducted a study with over 400 hotel partners worldwide, uncovering the most unusual items left behind in hotel rooms, which range from Birkin bags to lizards. The report also details extraordinary room service requests, highlighting the bizarre and extravagant aspects of hotel stays.

🛫 British Airways suspends its daily flights to Kuwait after 60 years of operation. Thirteen other airlines have already left the small emirate, despite growth in the Gulf region. Market reasons cited for the departure by Lufthansa and KLM in September 2024. Kuwait's airport suffered a passenger drop of 1%, while neighboring Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Dubai airports saw an increase of 25%, 17%, and 8% respectively. Factors include high aviation fuel prices, poor airport services, and higher profitability and demand in nearby airports (excluding Iran).

🚀 On March 21, 2025, an Easyjet Airbus A320 executed a dramatic "go around" at Madeira airport. Pilots maneuvered the aircraft, which was captured by spotter Pedro Medeiros, veering right at a mere few meters from the ground and ascending again at a 65-degree angle to the runway.

💸 A Vueling Airbus A320 declared an emergency shortly after taking off from Barcelona-El Prat due to a technical issue with its landing gear. The crew requested to return to the airport, performed checks and fuel dumping. After a direct approach with priority to runway 06L, the aircraft landed without incident but temporarily blocked the runway, necessitating increased separation between incoming flights. The incident was reported by air traffic controllers on their X account.

🏩 Emirates is aiming to recruit 1,500 new pilots, with 550 needed this year, to manage its fleet of 261 aircraft which includes the largest fleet of A380s, numerous B777s, and the new A350s. The airline offers numerous benefits including tax-free salary, housing, a rapid promotion program for first officers to become captains—already 80 are in the process. Emirates will scout for pilots in 40 cities worldwide, starting with Scandinavia.

🚀 Yesterday, 52 Imserso travelers were affected by an emergency landing of a Vueling Airbus A320 due to smoke in the cabin. The plane, carrying over a hundred people, was en route from Barcelona to La Coruña. The passengers included at least fifty Galician retirees from a senior tourism program. Following the incident, the affected passengers were accommodated in a Barcelona hotel for two nights, with all expenses covered by Vueling. They are scheduled to return to La Coruña on Friday. An alternative bus return was offered but declined by most.

💰 Airbnb ha reducido la disponibilidad de vivienda para residentes y encarecido el acceso a la vivienda, provocando un éxodo histórico en Mallorca. Mientras tanto, el crecimiento de Uber, que ampliaría las posibilidades de desplazamiento, es vetado, favoreciendo a los servicios de taxi existentes. El artículo critica la falta de liderazgo político y la preferencia por intereses minoritarios frente al bienestar general del ciudadano medio en España.

💎 The world's most expensive menu, "Ein Diamant zum Dessert" (A Diamond for Dessert), costs €16,900 for two and includes a one-carat diamond. It's served at the five-star Schlosshotel by Lake Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria. The seven-course tasting menu showcases regional ingredients and concludes with the diamond presented by jeweler Bretterbauer.

💸 An Airbus A320 operated by Vueling, en route from Barcelona to La Coruña, was forced to return to El Prat Airport due to cabin smoke. The air traffic controllers facilitated a direct approach to runway 06L, where the aircraft landed without further notable incidents.

🔌 Spain experienced an unprecedented blackout affecting 15 communities, leaving tens of thousands stranded at railroads and airports. The outage paused 116 medium and long-distance trains and impacted 30,000-35,000 people, with a 20% restriction on air traffic capacity and 23 Iberia flights canceled. The Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla were unaffected. By 06:00 on Tuesday, April 29, 99.16% of the mainland's energy demand (21,265 megawatts) was restored after the outage began on Monday around 12:30. Causes are yet unknown, but Red Eléctrica cites a strong fluctuation in power flow. Air traffic was significantly reduced, and the Lisbon airport reported over 200 flights canceled or delayed.