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Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Financial Times

• Heavy blow for long-suffering LufthansaGermanwings had good safety record

The Independent

• Germanwings crash: Shocked passengers stared silently at the empty arrivals gate Grief and disbelief permeated homes and workplaces as far away as Kazakhstan and Australia on Monday night as stories of the 150 victims began to emerge.

The Mirror

• Germanwings Airbus A320: Facts about the world's most popular plane More than 150 people were killed in the tragedy when the jet crashed in the French Alps

London Evening Standard

• Alps plane crash: Budget airline Germanwings has 'excellent' safety record, say aviation experts The Airbus A320 that crashed in France today is one of the world’s most popular planes and the budget airline Germanwings is "a very competent company", experts say.

Other Regional Press

• Manston airport lost £100 million under private ownership and time for a 'B Plan' says Kent County Council reportKent County Council has revealed Manston airport lost more than £100 million under private ownership and said it is time for a

Aviation Industry

• The liberal case for aviation: debunkedCentre Forum, a liberal think tank, has today published a report making the case for airport expansion in the South East. We look at some report's conclusions and consider the facts.
• US airlines endorse ATC privatizationAmerican Airlines chairman and CEO Doug Parker told Congress that US airlines favor moving US air traffic control (ATC) to “a commercialized, non-profit type governance structure.â€� read more
• Germanwings aircraft crashes in French AlpsFlight 9525 was travelling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf
• Irish government puts pressure on Ryanair to sell Aer Lingus stakeCarrier told to reduce share from 30% to 5%