Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways, has described certain airport security measures as “completely redundant”. Forcing people to take off shoes and laptops examined separately in security l...
The European Union has outlined plans to tax member states directly by levying new taxes on air travel and financial transactions. The proposals submitted by the European budget commissioner, Janusz L...
MTU Aero Engines Holdings’ nine-month results for 2010 show that the firm is on track to achieve its yearly targets. Revenues increased by 2% to €1,992.3 million after €1,954.9 in the previous year. M...
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has announced it is considering possible deals with a number of international companies to build passenger aircraft. The Turkish foreign trade minister Zafer Çağlaya...
French newspaper Les Echoes has reported that Airbus is seeking partners to take on some of the financing and risk for the A230 NEO. Airbus is expected to announce by the end of the year whether it wi...
Air France-KLM Group has raised its full-year forecast following a strong third quarter. The group now expects to post a positive operating profit when it had been expecting only to break even. The ai...
Passengers boarding flights in Austrian will be charged a new "ecological air travel levy". European flights will incur a €8 charge, with €40 for long-haul flights. The Austrian government hopes the w...
UK transport secretary Philip Hammond announced plans to launch a full aviation policy review, the first for seven years. The review was announced at the Airport Operators Association conference yeste...
Boeing has installed a 787 flight simulators at London Gatwick Airport in anticipation of the new aircraft being delivered to UK airlines, Monarch and Thomson from 2012. Other simulators have been del...
Ed Anderson, chairman of the Airport Operators Association rebuked comments by the UK transport secretary Philip Hammond that the aviation industry was "lightly taxed". In a keynote speech to the asso...
Civil aviation director Ali Ariduru confirmed Turkey was set to sign a number of agreements with Balkan countries to boost cooperation in aviation sector. "Most of the Balkan countries are not accredi...
Due to an ongoing strike of maintenance staff, national carrier Finnair was forced to cancel 19 flights yesterday and 15 today. Finnair spokeswoman Inka Ikonen said 1400 passengers had been affected s...
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