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✈ A Vueling Airbus A320 crew encountered multiple incidents flying from Bilbao to Oporto, including bird strikes against one engine and a tire blowout upon landing in the northern Portuguese city. The usual one-hour flight took two hours and 18 minutes to complete.

✈ Eurowings flight from Sarrebruck, southwest Germany, to Mallorca faced delays; passengers allowed to leave the plane to stretch legs. The pilot received a 10-minute notice to take off, choosing to leave without the disembarked passengers to avoid stranding others in Mallorca. This decision, criticized by media as selfish, highlights the dilemma airlines face with customer satisfaction and operational constraints.

✈️ Johannes Klinsmann, former manager of Germania and Air Berlin, launches a new charter airline, Leav. Leav received its certificate and will focus on the holiday market. The company is managed by Daniel Broda, a former Easyjet pilot. Starting with two A320 aircraft, Leav will fly routes to Mallorca, Cos, Rhodes, Crete, and the winter destination Arvidsjaur in Lapland. The main base is Cologne Bonn with a smaller presence in Munich. Leav also offers ACMI services to other airlines and has about forty employees. The airline has three weekly flights scheduled to Mallorca from Cologne in October, with the option for seat reservations, indicating some regular or seat-only sales. The fleet operates on a leasing basis.

🚂 Iryo will start a new Barcelona-Málaga route on December 15, with two daily frequencies and 336,530 annual seats available. The journey, stopping in Zaragoza, Madrid, and Córdoba, takes approximately 5 hours and 50 minutes. Departures are at 11:50 from Barcelona, arriving at 17:42 in Málaga, and vice versa at 11:35. Iryo also launched advanced ticket sales for 2025, making 70% of next year's tickets available now.

✈ On Saturday, Cathay Pacific's 18 A350s in Hong Kong will fly unrestricted after changing a piece in Rolls Royce engines. EASA ordered all A350s in Europe to inspect and replace this part to prevent fire risks. The issue arose last Monday when a flight from Hong Kong to Switzerland had to return, affecting 88 aircraft worldwide, with British Airways as the main European user. Singapore Airlines is also inspecting its 64 A350 900s as a precaution. ????

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🛰 A Vueling Airbus A320 en route to Bilbao from Palma de Mallorca Airport diverted to Barcelona due to a "strong burnt smell." Air traffic controllers provided continuous descent and space for fuel dumping over the Mediterranean. The plane landed without incident on runway 06L at El Prat, causing delays for other aircraft.

🚀 Flight CX383 from Cathay Pacific, en route from Hong Kong to Zurich, encountered engine issues shortly after an on-time departure and returned to land safely 75 minutes later. Cathay Pacific grounded all 18 of its A350-1000 model planes, utilizing the XWB97 engine, after identifying a faulty engine part. Subsequently, Rolls Royce's stock value plunged by 6.5%. Three aircraft have had the defective valve replaced, with the full fleet expected to return to service shortly. Worldwide, 88 planes use the XWB97 engine. Qatar operates 24, followed by British Airways with 18. Cathay Pacific canceled 34 flights due to the grounding but is now resuming normal operations.