Spanish air traffic controllers are not going to strike this month, in spite of what you might have read elsewhere. That's all, don't bother clicking on the headline, I have nothing more to say about this.

Today saw most domestic and international flights from Spain resume normal service. According to AENA only 1% of planned flights were cancelled, down from 11% on Wednesday with only 64 flights out of the 5,254 due for departure from 47 airports across Spain called off.

A couple of airline news stories I am running together. The one affecting passengers most directly is that budget airline Flyglobespan has gone into administration, leaving thousands stranded and more without a Christmas flight. And a strike called by BA cabin crew has been declared illegal because of a technical flaw in the ballot.
 

Ryanair gets more Ryanair every day. Here is a video of the Ryanair calendar girls on location in Alicante (including Edita Schindlerova, the air hostess 'outed' by the Sun a few months ago for moonlighting as a porn star). Makes you think - exactly what does Ryanair understand by "no-frills?"