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The EU puts an end to some of the most desperate airline practices. The fact that the carry-on suitcase is free is really not one of them.

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Thirteen years after the European Commission opened the reform process, the European Parliament and the EU Council They have closed a political agreement to give a twist to the issue of the rights that passengers have when getting on a plane. The current rule dated back to 2004. At that time, Ryanair transported about 23 million travelers a year. Today it moves more than 180 million. The world has changed a lot since then, and regulation will have to too. We tell you all the details. Why has it taken so long? The European Commission launched the reform proposal in 2013. The European Parliament positioned itself relatively earlybut the Council, where the national governments are, blocked the file for almost a decade. There were several discrepancies, including delay thresholds for compensation, which some states wanted to raise; the issue of regulatory burden on the plane, and more. What has ended up unblocking the process has been in part the calendar. And in July the presidency of the EU Council changes hands to Ireland, which is precisely the headquarters of Ryanair. And so, according to sources cited by El Mundowould have complicated the negotiations even more. What changes for the passenger. The agreement introduce several measures Important for those who buy a plane ticket in Europe: Carry-on suitcase in the base rate. Airlines must show from the first moment of purchase a price that includes the transportation of a trolley-type cabin suitcase (up to 7 kg and maximum dimensions of 100 cm in total). This measure is the one that most affects the low-cost business model, which For years they have started from the lowest price and then add extras. Now the starting point will include the luggage. And those who do not want to take it can opt for a reduced rate. Always free personal item. The right to board the plane with a small piece of luggage (a backpack or bag of up to 40x30x15 cm that fits under the front seat) will be guaranteed at no additional cost, regardless of the contracted rate. Families and people with reduced mobility, together without paying more. Airlines will not be able to charge for ensuring that minors under 14 years of age travel seated with an adult companion. The same applies to people with disabilities or reduced mobility and pregnant women. End of some lower rates. Charges for correcting spelling errors in the name on the ticket or for printing the boarding pass disappear if the passenger has already checked-in. Delay compensation, unchanged. This has been the other major front of the negotiation. The threshold of three hours of delay to be entitled to compensation remains intact. The amounts too, paying 250 euros for flights of up to 1,500 km, 400 euros for journeys between 1,500 and 3,500 km, and 600 euros for the rest. What’s wrong with the suitcase?. Regulation around cabin baggage has been a constant tug-of-war for years. The European Parliament came to the negotiations asking for carry-on luggage to be included in the ticket free of charge and universally. It has not completely succeeded, since airlines will be able to continue charging for this service, but they must reflect its cost and make it visible from the beginning of the purchase process. Javier Gándara, spokesperson for the Association of Airlines (ALA), which brings together companies such as Iberia, Vueling, Ryanair and easyJet, account to El Mundo that the standard “does not respond to current needs and goes against consumer philosophy in recent years.” How airlines read it. The ALA employers’ association celebrates that Europe has recognized that “it is perfectly legal to offer a cheaper fare to those passengers who only carry a carry-on bag”, something that indirectly validates this business model against the sanctions imposed by the Government in Spain. But they criticize that forcing the cost of the suitcase to be included from the first price shown “distorts the principle of consumer choice” and can lead to many travelers “ending up paying for a service that they do not need.” For companies like Ryanair, services not included in the ticket generate more than 4,000 million euros annual in revenue, so it seems more or less inevitable that the airline will end up raising the cost of its base fare. And Spain?. The country has voted against the agreement in the Council, along with Latvia. Finland and Austria abstained. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, led by Pablo Bustinduy, continues to maintain that the fact that hand luggage is free is a right already recognized by the Spanish courts and by a ruling from the Court of Justice of the EU, and that this criterion was what it was based on. that fine of 179 million euros imposed in 2024 on five low-cost airlines. Brussels, however, opened infringement proceedings against Spain for these sanctions. The new agreement does not resolve that conflict. And it is that the Ministry considers it insufficient because it has not really managed to force the airlines to include the cabin bag in their lowest fare, and the airlines now have a guarantee to strengthen their position. What remains pending. The political agreement must be formally ratified by the plenary session of the European Parliament, whose vote is scheduled for July. Once adopted and published in the Official Journal of the EU, the new rights will come into force twelve months later, expected in 2027. The Commission has also committed to assessing in three years whether the scope of the regulation can be extended to third country operators flying to the EU. Cover image | Suhyeon Choi In Xataka | The fastest civil aircraft since Concorde has just set its first record. Speed ​​is only part of the story

It is called “Pescetarismo” and the infant Cristina already practices it

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Leaving meat overnight to become a vegetarian is not simple, especially when culturally the meat is so integrated. Changing that implies much more than crossing an ingredient of the plate. Therefore, for many people, making the leap into a meat without meat requires a midpoint. A bridge. That path is touring the Infanta Cristina, following the example of her mother, Queen Emerita Sofia, reducing her meat consumption, but without eliminating fish. That increasingly common choice is known as pescetarism. Without meat, but with fish. This diet is based mainly on plant foods, fish and shellfish, but excludes red and bird meat. On the other hand, some people also choose to incorporate eggs and dairy products, as is the case of the infant as He explained Week magazine. Behind this diet. This type of food combines the antioxidants of a vegetable-based food with complete proteins and omega-3 fatty acids of the fish, According to Women’s Health Mag. In addition, vitamin B12, a nutrient difficult to find in a strict plant diet, which can be covered with only one ration of fish. In a Harvard Health reportDr. Frank Hu has stressed that fish also provides vitamin D, iron, selenium and zinc, all essential for the proper functioning of the organism. To this is added the growing evidence that this food pattern is related to a lower risk of chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression or heart pathologies. Not everything is perfect. One of the main risks of starting with a Pescetarian diet is the excessive consumption of mercury, a pollutant present in large and long -lived fish. Therefore, from Women’s Health Mag They have recommended Eating saliscos and salmon seafood, sardines, cod and clams. But there is no other option? Yes, there is another modality called flexitarism. Both share the same objective of reducing the consumption of meat and bet on a more plant diet. However, here the big difference enters and how pescetarism has been observed, it is more defined: it completely excludes red meat and birds. On the other hand, flexitarism is more flexible, since it does not eliminate any food group, but it limits the consumption of meat voluntarily, According to Mayoclinic. It is an ideal option for those who seek to improve their diet without imposing strict restrictions, and prefer to adapt it according to the context or their personal habits. A growing trend. More and more public figures adopt this type of food. From Harry Styles to Victoria Beckham and Danna Paola, the list of Pescetarians is increasing. The reasons range from health to sustainability, through ethics and animal well -being, as He has collected Week magazine. What began as a punctual choice between celebrities begins to be reflected in the consumption habits of a part of the population. Pescetarism is consolidated as an intermediate option within the spectrum of diets that reduce or eliminate meat, in a context of growing interest in more sustainable food models and plants based. Image | USAID US Xataka | Intermittent fasting is the fashion diet. At least among scientists who study their effects on microbioma

Spain has tired of Ryanair’s practices. And the airline is going to hit where it hurts the most: the provinces airports

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“Before a clown uploads prices.” The communications escalation between the government and Ryanair has reached its peak. Or we imagine. Because we can imagine that it will be complicated to exceed the promotional campaign launched by the airline to sell tickets for less than 20 euros. Michael O’Leary, Ceo de Ryanair, has recorded a video To show his disagreement with the fine imposed by Spain, receiving an extra when carrying a hand suitcase in the cabin of the plane. All more or less normal if it were not because next to O’Leary there is a photograph of Pablo Bustinduy, Minister of Consumer, caricatured like a clown. The promotion of new low -price tickets has continued with an advertisement on its own website in which they encourage purchase and use the image of Bustinduy, again a clown dress, as the main cause of an alleged future rise in prices of the tickets. “It is not my style to participate in the eccentricities of a foreign millionaire,” said Bustinduy in what is the most media controversy but after which, without a doubt, a much greater problem is hidden that threatens the smallest and flows airports of passengers. A threat that empties airports To understand the whole Crossing statements between government and Ryanair You have to leave a few months ago. On November 29, a fine from Spain was confirmed to Ryanair, Vueling, Easyjet, Norwegian and Volotea with a sum of 179 million euros. Of that amount, 107,775,777 euros fell to the Irish company. The economic punishment came after the government understood that the collection for hand luggage and charging for selecting a seat with dependent people was an abusive practice. The complaint had been filed by Facua And in summer the General Secretariat of Consumption and Game has already proposed a sanction of 150 million euros. Then a period of claims was opened so that the airlines could defend themselves. All resources were dismissed and the government ended up raising the amount referring to that The practices had continued And, therefore, the illicit benefits had continued to grow. This reached the sanction of more than 100 million euros for Ryanair and the sum of 179 million euros for the total of sanctioned companies. The government’s decision was based on a resolution of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 2014 that has decided to apply the modified standard in 2022. That year, the Ministry of Consumer, then led by Alberto Garzón, modified the consumer law to be able to sanction the big companies incurred in fraud. Ryanair, obviously, It is disagreement of the application of the norm. Europe has called to declare Spain. Now, the government will have to give explanations in front of the EU Pilota mediating referee designed to resolve conflicts between the European Commission and the Member States. Which They allege from Ryanair It is that it is true that the European Union forces to guarantee a transport of luggage free of charge to the plane ticket but that regulation does not establish measures and that, as there is no “standard” cabin suitcase, so they charge for transferring this luggage It doesn’t fit everything on the plane. Goodbye Jerez and Valladolid While all this happens, Ryanair has acted with other pressure measures. Alleging that Aena rates They are too high and that they will rise in the future, the Irish company has already announced that He will leave for the airports of Jerez and Valladolid. In addition, it will reduce its activity by 61%in Vigo, Santiago de Compostela (-28%), Zaragoza (-20%), Asturias (-11%) and Santander (-5%). In total, the volume of travel it provides in these airports will be reduced by 18%, eliminating 800,000 seats in the total sum of the 12 affected routes. These rates, which are used to guarantee the basic services of airports, from cleaning and safety to the transfer to the plane itself, have a cost of 10.35 euros per middle passenger and They are “of the lowest in Europe”they point out from Aena. In 2021 this rate froze until 2026 but last year they rose 4.9%. In 2025, CNMC frozen prices again. Ryanair has used advertising contracts for municipalities and autonomous communities in exchange for keeping routes in the lowest traffic airports The pressure measure that Ryanair has exercised is to point to less busy airports but where his presence is essential to keep them alive. The company knows that Spain is a holiday destination in the mind of any European but also has in its hand to leave abandoned, or almost, cities with airports of less entity. For example, In Valladolid there are 15 flights counted In the next two weeks, seven of them are from Ryanair. His march endangers the use of a dozen workers. What the company offers on many of these flights from smaller cities are journeys abroad. In Santander Just a few flights are those that do not have Madrid or Barcelona. One of them is managed by Binter, to the Canary Islands, but the others (London, Dublin, Rome or Valencia) Ryanair lends them all. His departure leaves with hardly any possibilities of flying to the Cantabrians to other places that are not Madrid or Barcelona. From the government they defend themselves by ensuring that the operational rates in these destinations are very low and that they barely reach two euros per average passenger. In eldiario.es They explain well that the companies that operate in these spaces have used the money of the municipalities and the autonomous community to, without delivering direct aid, guarantee that the airport (born of the bubble before 2008) continues to function with strategies such as projecting local advertising in airlines airplanes. To give an example, in the digital medium they explain that last summer The Cantabria government delivered 18 million euros in public promotion to Ryanair. That same mechanism has been used by the company for years to serve new air spaces. At the moment, more than 60% of the travel … Read more

Hiba Abouk practices the training that tones the most and helps us age better

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Along with Vanesa Lorenzo or Ariadne Artiles, Hiba Abouk is another of our celebrities athletes who also inspire their followers to overcome laziness and perform in the gym. Exercise is part of her life and we have seen her for years leading by example through ideal boxing sessions to reduce stress and increase self-esteem or ‘full body’ routines that work the entire body at the same time. The actress is also a great fan of strength training, highly recommended by experts because not only is it one of those that tones the fastest, it also optimizes our endocrine system, helps us age better and even prevents us from feeling hungrier after eating. © hiba_abouk_ Hiba Abouk’s strength training Dumbbells, weights, resistance bands, kettlebellskettlebells… There are many different accessories to work on strength and, under proper supervision (Hiba relies on the one known in networks such as 23toptraining), all of them help strengthen muscles and general health. To begin with, the technical director of JG fitness, Fran del Águila, highlights his ability when it comes to increase leptin sensitivity: “It is a hormone produced by fat cells that sends signals to the brain to indicate that we are full. When leptin levels are adequate, we feel less hungry and have more energy.” The opposite also happens, “Factors such as obesity, genetics and a sedentary lifestyle can alter the body’s sensitivity to leptinmaking it difficult to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight. The reason why weight work plays a fundamental role in the performance of this hormone is that “By burning calories and building muscle, it helps reduce fat percentage body, which in turn improves leptin sensitivity. © hiba_abouk_ An ally at all ages Although this type of weight training is associated with young people with a well-developed physical background, Technogym, a leading brand in fitnesswell-being, sports and health, they consider it critical for the elderly demographic“since it is the most effective way to combat the natural and age-specific tendency to body weakness, linked to the loss of muscle mass.” Its experts assure that “adding moderate/mild strength training sessions prescribed by a doctor and guided by a trainer to the routines of older people essentially decreases the likelihood of injury and allows them to lead an active life for longer. © Silou London As for those worried about gaining too much volume with this type of routine, Sara Álvarez, co-founder and creator of the RETO48 method, denies it: “The most widespread myth is that if you lift weights you will have a bulky bodyand women tend to avoid the weight room because they believe that cardio is the only way to lose weight and tone up.” The expert assures that “this idea is a product of ignorance of the benefits of strength training, especially its ability to build a healthy and fit physique. Finally, Álvarez recommends it as an ally to lose weight: “Do strength training guarantees muscle development, weight loss and greater flexibility. The best option? Incorporate both options into your exercise routines to have a slim, toned and healthy body.”

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