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Ryanair’s Stansted Flights Will Not Be Disrupted By Unite Industrial Action
Ryanair today (21 May) said it will not allow its flights or passengers to be blackmailed by the Unite Union who have yet again announced their intention to take industrial action at London... more

Austrian Airlines streamlines organization
• Top management strengthened to handle forthcoming integration responsibilities • Former Swiss executive board member Gaudenz Ambühl will head new flight operations • Further decisions on... more

HKIA: Airport Authority Extends CEO’s Service Term
The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today announced the extension of Chief Executive Officer Stanley Hui Hon-chung’s service term by two years from 1 February 2013. Mr Hui was appointed... more

MARSEILLE-PROVENCE AIRPORT TO HOST ROUTES EUROPE 2014
It was announced today that the 9th Routes Europe event will take place in Marseille in April 2014. Marseille-Provence Airport were officially signed as the 2014 Host towards the end of last... more

Turkish Airlines starts its operations to Aalborg-Billund (Denmark)
With existing services to Copenhagen, Turkish Airlines now adds flights to Aalborg and Billund in Denmark. Istanbul-Aalborg-Billund flights are scheduled to begin on July 16th, 2012 with... more

ECA & ETF: Airlines Undermine EU Air Crew Fatigue Safeguards
Just two days after over 300 pilots and cabin crew demonstrated in front of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), calling for fatigue rules to be based on science and safety, EASA’s... more

LOT seeks a name for a plane
The LOT Polish Airlines campaign to promote its fleet continues. The company has taken to its Facebook page in order to encourage users to lend their name and face to one of its newest airliners,... more

Budapest Airport in good shape at Routes Europe 2012
The Budapest Airport marketing and route development team led by Aviation Director Kam Jandu is participating at the seventh annual Routes Europe forum from 20 – 22 May 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia. ... more

Waste recycling investment at East Midlands Airport
Local based company Wastecycle has announced a £50,000 investment at East Midlands Airport, after being awarded the airport’s waste management contract for the next three years. The airport... more

TRANSAERO AIRLINES LAUNCHES SHEDULED FLIGHTS TO ITALY
After being named a designated carrier on certain routes under the process of liberalization of air transportation between Russia and Italy Transaero Airlines announces the launch of scheduled... more

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Asia-Pacific – the largest ‘employer’ of aviation technical personnel?
The number of jobs created directly in the aviation industry across South and Central America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe came to a total of 2.8 million, while in North America,... more

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2011 Review
In this survey Air Transport News presents the highlights in the air transport industry for the year... more

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2012 Aviation & Environment Summit
The 2012 Aviation & Environment Summit convened from 21-22 March 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland brought together over 350 participants from all aviation industry sectors and authorities and regulators to report on and assess the environmental success of the industry so far and to explore how aviation can continue to provide jobs, contribute to economic growth and minimize the industry’s environmental footprint in the current financially challenging environment. Paul Steele, Executive Director,... more

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