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Thursday, 04 February 2016

BBC News

• 115 jobs created at International AirportOne hundred and fifteen jobs are being created by six businesses at Belfast International Airport.

Financial Times

• Delta chief retires in leadership reshuffleRichard Anderson ends tenure as longest-serving head of a US airline

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Watch RAF Typhoon pilot fly through the Mach Loop in fantastic cockpit footage The footage was filmed by James Reid through the valleys famous as a training area for low-level fast jets

Other Regional Press

• Lydd Airport £55m investment ‘set to create 200 jobs’ Hundreds of new jobs could be created in an airport expansion - but a raft of planning conditions have delayed it for a year, say bosses.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Ipass signs Panasonic deal to offer wifi on 23 airlinesWifi network provider Ipass has partnered with Panasonic to bring inflight Internet access to 23 international airlines. The deal means Ipass, which provides connectivity across any mobile device, will be available on more than 747 Panasonic-equipped aircraft that fly more than 32,000 routes monthly. Ipass, which has agreements with several inflight connectivity providers, now offers service onboard more than 2,700 aircraft. “Inflight wifi is critical for our business customers, and our partnership with Panasonic extends Ipass’s inflight footprint to many of the world’s le...

Aviation Industry

• O’Leary: Ryanair will overtake Wizz Air in Central Europe by 2018 Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary expects to overtake Wizz Air in Central Europe to become the largest carrier in these markets by 2018. read more
• US airlines back Shuster’s ATC plan, but opposition mountsUS airlines—minus Delta Air Lines—quickly lined up behind a proposal to separate US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA, but others, including the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), expressed misgivings. read more
• Delta CEO Anderson to retire from role; Bastian to be new CEODelta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson will retire from his current role on May 2, when Delta president Ed Bastian will assume the CEO role and EVP Glen Hauenstein will become president. read more
• British Airways announces daily flights to IranService to Tehran resumes following lifting of economic sanctions