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Vueling plans to do 'autohandling' or his own ground assistance service after suffering the effects of the strike of Iberia's land personnel in El Prat last summer, which forced the low-cost company to cancel more than 300 flights. As explained in a press conference the director of the Vueling customer department, Calum Laming, the airline studies the 'autohandling' "as one of many options" and could make this decision later this year or early 2020 to be prepared for the next summer season, according to La Vanguardia (Vueling closes a new summer of cancellations and delays in El Prat). The airline will study whether this ‘autohandling’ system can be implemented with guarantees for the customer and will “test” what is the best way to operate. Vueling has canceled about 400 flights at the El Prat airport between June 1 and September 30, 316 due to strikes, especially that of Iberia's land workers, and 84 for other reasons, the vast majority due to mete...

Norwegian is in talks with Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Commercial Aircraft for the rental of 40 regional SSJ100 aircraft, according to specialized Airlinewatch, to establish a base in Siberia. The Norwegian low-cost airline, notes the same information, has already signed a memorandum of understanding in exchange for the rights to use the trans-Siberian routes. Norwegian has been trying to obtain permission from the Russian authorities for quite some time to launch direct flights through Siberia between Europe and Asia. The airline would take advantage of the situation of Sukhoi since the SSJ100 only has clients that are not Russian or from countries of the former Soviet Union. Previously, the only foreign operators of the plane, the Mexican Interjet and the Irish CityJet, withdrew the plane from their fleets due to repeated engine failures and lack of spare parts. So far this year, Sukhoi Commercial Aircraft has sold only one SSJ100 jet. According to the Russian televisi...

Iberia now allows to you to do the check in with Amazon. Check in by via Alexa in any destination of the air space Schegen, but no Madrid Barcelona, Barcelona Madrid flights. Then the passenger will recibe the boarding pass by mail.