It has happened the same with Valencia in Spain and Fuerteventura. Valencia has decided not to fullfill it´s commitment with the airline by not paying the subsidies. In fact, the real issue is Air Nostrum base in Valencia, it´s contacts with the regional goverment, and their aim to control the Valencia skies. I don´t know why Lanzarote has decided to do the same.

Anyway, there are many Spanish cities fighting to get a new base, and new planes from these bases. My city and Santander are the final contenders. I am affraid Santander will be able to pay more.

Well, I expected a deal, but they just did it. Aerolineas Argentinas impounded 😡 Price 1 $.

I wonder which are the weapons for Marsans to use now.

Well not yet. What´s is clear that they want to get rid of Aero-ruins Argentinas, and they have a disagreement on the price. So no further steps has been taken from A. goverment. I assume the deal will be good for both sides. Marsans will try to improve their figures by getting rid of a real problem and Argentina doesn´t want any further problem with WTO or “friendly Spanish Goverment”.

Air Comet´s main job is the Sudamerica traffic, but needs a feeder to fill planes at Barajas. There´s a a kind-of-a-sort-of a fight between Iberia an Air Comet to control the remaining domestic traffic. Iberia controls and monopolizes almost the 80 per cent of all (counting Freakyair…opps sorry Clickair and Vueling), Air Nostrum, and now is using their tools and connections in the goverment to make Spanair to end into Iberia as well. Iberia doesn´t want Spanair, just close it to prevent Spanair feeding Air Comet flights in MAD.

So I seriously doubt they receive this amount of planes. They can´t simply cope with it. The other airline which was in the Marsans orbit was Air Pullmantur (now under Royal Caribbean Cruise line) and used to feed passengers for all Pullmantur Cruises vessels. But this brings operational problems: they need extra capacity and probably to fill ships in summer (two B747 are used for all destination at the same time) but they must be grounded in winter as ship don´t operate that much.

The most profitable trasatlántic service is the Madrid-Buenos Aires corridor, but traffic to South America has been falling down due to the Argentina permanent crisis and ours too. So…..I am not sure the end of this huge order.

In fact it was a double engine failure. I have been reading some italian newspapers and it was a huge of flocks. Ciampino is particularly dangerous for that in autumn as flocks of birds coming from North Europe flee to the south. So they had a multiple hit, marks all over. One engine failed and tried to go round, so the other was lost too.

The nose pitched down and the crew fought to control de plane. The touch down with both engines off was violent so one undercarriage collapsed. These Ryanair guys have just made a fantastic job.

I fly regularly to CIA from SCQ and, I didn´t suspected it was a particularly tricky one. I wonder why they don´t have any ultrasonic device to prevent this happen. So after applauses and praises to the crew, I want to ask….who is the responsible for that?. Faulty information by the ATC to the crew, Ryanair for operating in an airport which can cope with this problem, or simple Italian Airports, for not making their very best to avoid this to happen. One thing is a bird strike cause it´s unavoidable and other is a huge flock passing by the landing path.

Well…………YES WE CAN. Elected. Congratulations to all the american people.

As in most European countries, in Spain we had it clear. Support of 85% per cent of the citizens. I suppose nothing will change drammatically, but at least gives a new prespective, a fresh air in the Oval Room.

Let´s hope it will be a good president.