Jurídicos y Administrativos

✈ Ryanair plans growth by 2025, threatening to shift aircraft to countries with lower airport fees. In Spain, Aena's 0.54% fee increase for 2025 could impede Ryanair's goal to grow from 58 million to over 77 million passengers in ten years. The airline demands CNMC intervention to freeze fees until 2026. Meanwhile, Ryanair faces similar issues in Greece and Germany, reducing Berlin traffic due to high costs. Contrarily, Italy's Calabria tax cut led to Ryanair adding four planes and 15 new routes, and Sweden's aviation charge review may attract significant investment over six years.

🚌 Flixbus' VP for Western Europe, Pablo Pastega, accuses the Spanish Ministry of Transport, led by Óscar Puente, of systematically breaching European regulations by ignoring requests for internal cabotage (transporting passengers within Spain on international routes). This prevents Flixbus from operating routes like Badajoz to Toledo, limiting its operations in Spain to international journeys only, despite its rapid low-cost model expansion across Europe.

📍 Arabia Saudí, con una estrategia de desarrollo turístico de 15 años, aspira a atraer 200 millones de turistas en 2030, incluyendo 30 millones de peregrinos y 70 millones de turistas europeos. España, actualmente captando el 30% de las vacaciones europeas, podría perder entre 12 y 15 millones de visitantes debido a este nuevo competidor. El Real Decreto 933/2021, efectivo el 1 de octubre, exige a las empresas turísticas españolas enviar datos de reservas al Ministerio del Interior, lo que la Confederación Española de Hoteles y Alojamientos Turísticos (CEHAT) declara inviable. Además, Apartur critica al Ayuntamiento de Barcelona por intentar eliminar 10.100 pisos turísticos, mientras considera flexibilizar la moratoria hotelera.

💸 Boeing has to pay $150 million to Brazilian company Embraer for the cancellation of a majority stake acquisition in 2020, as per an agreement signed earlier. Initially, in 2018, Boeing agreed to acquire 80% of Embraer's capital for $4.2 billion to enter the regional aircraft market and compete with Airbus' A220. The settlement, occurring four years after the failed deal, releases Boeing from any further claims. Embraer has not disclosed any details beyond the settlement amount, which was agreed upon on September 16.

📊 Cepsa, Iberia, Iberia Express, Vueling, and BIOCIRC presented a report outlining 16 measures to boost Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production and consumption in Spain. The plan includes a €22 billion investment in SAF production facilities, an expected creation of 270,000 jobs by 2050, and a projected €13 billion GDP impact from construction, plus €42.851 billion from plant operations. The proposal seeks to position Spain as a European hub for SAF and sustainable tourism, requiring regulatory framework and cost-sharing for affordability, given SAF costs 3-5 times more than fossil-based kerosene.

🛈 Sector hotelero español rechaza el Real Decreto 933/2021, efectivo desde el 1 de octubre, por ser inviable y causar caos. Cehat critica la falta de claridad en los datos requeridos y la incompatibilidad con la normativa de protección de datos de la UE. Advierten de desventajas competitivas, riesgos legales, y dificultades tecnológicas y administrativas. Piden al ministro Fernando Grande-Marlaska y autoridades pertinentes revisar la normativa.

✈ Cristina Seguí, journalist and co-founder of Vox, was convicted of serious defamation with publicity against Plus Ultra by the Criminal Court No. 1 of Madrid. The court ruled she spread false and offensive information that severely attacked the airline's honor. Seguí is required to rectify and publicly disseminate the conviction using the same media and time slots as the original injurious statements, in addition to covering legal costs.

💸 Jaime Font Salvador, a travel consultant, criticized Ryanair's baggage policies and customer service after being charged 46€ for a carry-on luggage that slightly exceeded the airline's size restrictions. Ryanair has recently been fined over 100 million euros for hand luggage surcharges and other irregularities, a record 17 times higher than any previous penalty imposed by consumer protection authorities. Salvador considers the fee abusive and is currently seeking assistance to expedite his complaint.

✈ Spanish travel agencies CEAV, UNAV, and ACAVE predict a collapse due to technological and regulatory uncertainties by October 1. They advocate for excluding travel agencies from the scope of Royal Decree 933/2021, which requires reporting various client data. CEAV's vice president José Manuel Lastra hopes for a deferment, while UNAV manager Iván Méndez calls for complete exclusion. ACAVE manager Catiana Tur deems it unfeasible to enforce the decree without a ministerial order and a fully operational data platform, which tech expert Josep Bellés confirms has numerous flaws. The situation could affect important travel periods in the last quarter, including holidays and Black Friday.

🛫 Spanish air traffic controllers accuse Ryanair of lying about flight delays, citing that the majority of flights operate on time despite a controller shortage and many regulations. They highlighted recent incidents at Asturias Airport where two Ryanair flights from London and Brussels were delayed by 15 minutes and over an hour, respectively, allegedly due to crew overactivity, not air traffic control. Tight scheduling between flights is a further cause of delays, with takeoff slots automated by Eurocontrol.