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Four Ryanair crews spent the night on the floor of a Spanish airport office without food or drink, according to a cabin crew union. Twenty-four crew members were stranded in Malaga airport after their Porto-bound flights were diverted. The SNPVAC union, which represents Portuguese airline crews, says a photo shows the conditions that crew "had no choice" but to stay in. Ryanair claims the picture is "staged" and says "no crew slept on the floor". "Due to storms in Porto a number of flights diverted to Malaga," Ryanair said in a statement. "As this was a Spanish national holiday, hotels were fully booked. The crew spent a short period of time in the crew room before being moved to a VIP lounge, and returned to Porto the next day." Ryanair also confirmed that none of the crew members who stayed in Malaga operated on the Porto flights. The union disagrees with Ryanair's summary of events, claiming that crew members were placed in a room between 01:30 and 06:00 "without minimum rest facilities". Story has more.<br/>

China’s Juneyao Airlines has taken delivery of the first of five Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The Shanghai-based carrier has five 787-9 on order and five on option. The 787 will begin scheduled flights Oct. 25, serving the daily Shanghai-Shenzhen route and other domestic markets before launching international long-haul service from 2019. The aircraft is painted in the Chinese Peony livery to celebrate the introduction of the aircraft and the airline’s tenth anniversary. Two other 787 will also bear special colours, namely the “Chinese Ribbon” and “Chinese Red.” The Dreamliner will seat 29 in business class with the Thompson Vantage XL seats laid out in 1-2-1 configuration, and unspecified number of Recaro CL3710 economy seats.<br/>