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Tuesday, 03 March 2015

BBC News

• Chinese wooed by Shakespeare airportCharter flights are to be introduced between Beijing and Birmingham over the summer, with a push to brand the destination as
• Aer Lingus reassures staff over IAGThe boss of Aer Lingus has written to his staff to reassure them about the airline's future and their terms of employment under a proposed £1bn takeover.

Financial Times

• Malaysia Airlines to pare back flightsCarrier to cut 10% of seat capacity to focus on Asia routes

The Guardian

• British Airways named UK’s most popular brandAirline retains title as the nation’s leading consumer superbrand while Google falls to 18th place and Marks & Spencer drops out of top 20British Airways has held on to its title as the UK’s leading consumer ‘superbrand’ as some of the oldest and most trusted household names including Cadbury, Heinz and Marks & Spencer dropped out of the list of favourite brands.The flag carrier trumped more than 1,500 companies to stay at the top of the annual ranking of brand strength in the UK, and as names such as John Lewis, Lego and Häagen-Dazs – now mainstays of British daily li...

Aviation Industry

• Virgin Australia broadens role of A330 fleetVirgin Australia is deploying Airbus A330s on an international route for the first time, and introducing the aircraft on its busiest routes in Australia’s east coast corridor. read more
• ACI: Cargo rises 4.7%; passenger traffic up 5.1% in 2014Global air freight volumes grew 4.7% year-over-year (YOY) in 2014, up 3.7 points from 2013, as approximately 71 million metric tonnes of cargo were shipped by air—an increase of 4 million metric tonnes from 2013, according to preliminary data from Airports Council International (ACI). read more
• Enhanced flight tracking trialled after MH370 disappearanceNew system enables planes to be tracked every 15 minutes
• BA changes seat rules for Exec Club hand baggage only faresMembers booking hand baggage only fare will no longer be able to select a seat