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🌍 Azulmarino offers special programs for seniors, similar to Imserso, focusing on popular destinations like Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, and Spanish coasts. Programs include transport, full-board hotels, and destination assistance. Tours from Madrid feature 7-night packages to Mallorca from €454, Benidorm from €405, and Tenerife from €506. Destinations also include Menorca, Lanzarote, and international locations like Morocco, China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Departures are available from Andalusia, Aragon, Canary Islands, Catalonia, Madrid, Galicia, and Levante.

🌍 Atrápalo, a prominent OTA, partners with Civitatis to expand its travel offerings. As of October 2025, more than 4,000 of Civitatis's 90,000 activities are integrated, with full integration planned. CEO Luis Alonso emphasizes the comprehensive travel planning available, while Verónica de Íscar from Civitatis highlights the alliance's strategic importance in Spanish-speaking markets. This collaboration aims to enhance the travel experience by providing curated, high-quality activities in various destinations.

✈️ Aeroméxico tops the global airline punctuality ranking in September with 91.80%, up from 87.63% in August. Iberia, despite falling from the global top 10, is the most punctual Spanish airline in Europe with 83.37%, climbing to the third spot. Volotea joins the European list in eighth place at 78.02%, while Vueling drops to ninth with 76.08%. Icelandair leads Europe at 86.36%, as SAS falls to second. Transavia remains the least punctual at 74.83%.

✈️ Controladores aéreos españoles gestionaron dos emergencias médicas este fin de semana. Un A321 de Iberia Express, de Madrid a Gran Canaria, reportó un joven inconsciente abordo. A continuación, un A319 de EasyJet, de Londres a Mahón, informó sobre un pasajero con posible ictus. Enaire Palma facilitó descensos a pista 19 y coordinó atención médica en tierra.

💻 IAG plans to invest €600 million in Madrid's La Muñoza facilities, aiming to transform it into a European aviation innovation hub by 2026. Coordinated with the Barajas airport expansion, the 1.7 million square meter "Ciudad Iberia" will focus on major fleet maintenance. The existing 220,000 square meter facility serves over 100 clients, including IAG airlines. The center specializes in maintenance for the Airbus A321XLR, crucial for future long-haul travel. The project revives pre-pandemic plans.

🛫 Lufthansa, August 2024, Germany: Lufthansa cancels 100 domestic weekly flights due to unsustainable costs, following Ryanair's example. Increased operational and tax costs, alongside expensive German airports, drive this decision. Specific routes like Munich to Münster and Munich to Dresden are under scrutiny for potential cuts. While international flights have recovered, Germany remains below pre-Covid levels, highlighting a significant recovery delay. Lufthansa, previously bailed out by the government during Covid, joins Ryanair in voicing concerns over high taxes.

💸 Hace nueve años, en Tenerife, periodistas de la BBC destaparon un escándalo de estafa de 30 millones de euros afectando a 3,500 propietarios de tiempos compartidos. La mayoría de las víctimas, de 60 a 80 años, perdieron hasta 100,000 euros en sesiones de seis horas. Mark Rowe, de la empresa Sell My Timeshare, recibió 7.5 años de prisión. El caso fue juzgado en Londres, evidenciando una problemática en el sector del timesharing.

💸 En 2025/26, Imserso ofrece 879,213 plazas: 440,284 en la costa peninsular, 228,142 en la costa insular, y 210,787 para turismo de escapada, agotadas rápidamente desde su lanzamiento el 6-8 de octubre. AON presenta un seguro de libre desistimiento por 15 euros, disponible 24 horas tras la reserva, permitiendo cancelaciones sin causas habituales, con una penalización estándar del 6% del importe. Isabel Linares destaca su buena acogida y disponibilidad para agencias independientes.

📊 Hosteltur reaches over 400,000 tourism industry professionals through various platforms, providing top-notch information and marketing solutions.

✈️ EasyJet, starting next spring, is opening a base in Marrakech with three aircraft, aiming to serve four million passengers in the first year. This aligns with Morocco's strategy to boost tourism, adding routes to Hamburg, Lille, and Strasbourg, increasing its current 42 routes. EasyJet has been a key player in Morocco for 20 years, especially between the UK, Switzerland, and Morocco, marking the country's fastest-growing market outside Europe.