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Wednesday, 30 July 2014

BBC News

• MP calls for end to flight path testConservative MP Caroline Spelman has called for the transport secretary to stop flight path trials being carried out from Birmingham Airport.

Financial Times

• Military drills halt China civil flightsMany flights into some of the country’s busiest airports are cancelled, adding to weeks of chronic flight delays caused by PLA drills
• UN reviews rules on conflict zone flightsInternational Civil Aviation Organisation says the downing of Malaysian airliner MH17 over Ukraine highlighted ‘gaps’ in regulations
• Airbus suffers superjumbo setbackDeal with Japan’s Skymark Airlines for six A380s terminated, highlighting the European manufacturer’s difficulties in selling the big passenger jet

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Take-off for Leeds Bradford Airport improvementsMajor new improvements have been unveiled at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Aviation Industry

• Air France, Virgin among airlines avoiding Iraqi airspaceMajor airlines are taking differing stances to flying over Iraq, reflecting the piecemeal approach airlines currently take to flying over conflict zones and ahead of an international meeting of industry representatives to discuss the issue.
• WestJet firms five more Bombardier Q400 optionsCalgary-based WestJet, which originally had 20 Bombardier Q400s on firm order, has converted an additional five of its 25 options into firm orders, in a deal valued at approximately $167 million based on current list prices. read more
• Task force to examine airspace safety in wake of MH17ICAO, IATA and other major global aviation organizations are forming a high-level international task force of state and industry experts to look at airspace security issues raised by the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 earlier this month. read more