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Saturday, 22 November 2014

BBC News

• Airbus in £100m investment pledgePlane-maker Airbus is investing £100m in research, development and training with £56m for its Flintshire factory.
• Delta swaps Boeings for Airbus jetsAmerican airline Delta replaces its old Boeing planes in a $14bn order for 50 Airbus wide-body jets powered by Rolls Royce engines

Financial Times

• Carolyn McCall: Flying high at easyJetInitially seen as an outsider, the airline’s chief executive has won over staff and investors

The Telegraph

• Man drives onto runway, leaving passenger plane circling and running out of fuelA KLM passenger flight that was due to land was left with just seven minutes to find a different airfield or risk running out of fuel

Yorkshire Post

• ‘Reckless’ thief drives stolen car through airport fence and onto runway at 80mphA car thief crashed through airport fencing and careered onto the runway at up to 80mph, leaving an aircraft running low on fuel circling above.

Aviation Industry

• Etihad and Alitalia expand codeshare dealEtihad’s 49% stake in Alitalia approved by European Commission
• CAPA Summit: Airline CEO urges Africa to tackle market share decline Tewolde GebreMariam hits out at governments' failure to implement single air transport market
• Norwegian CEO hits back at critics of its budget airline planBjorn Kos says US airlines fear cheap ticket prices