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Friday, 20 January 2017

Financial Times

• Indonesia probes corruption related to Rolls-RoyceFormer chief of state airline Garuda placed under investigation

The Guardian

• Rolls-Royce lobbied ministers to weaken anti-bribery proposalsDocuments from 2004 court case show how Rolls-Royce and other firms pressed government to water down plans Rolls-Royce, which this week agreed to pay £671m in penalties after admitting it had engaged in corruption, lobbied ministers to weaken proposed curbs on bribery a decade ago.The effort to dilute anti-bribery regulations was conducted under the leadership of Sir John Rose, the firm’s chief executive until 2011, who is facing calls from Labour to be stripped of his knighthood after the bribery settlement. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Fears over security at remote Scottish airports as bag and body searches are wound downFEARS have been raised about airport security at remote airports after it emerged bag and body searches are being stopped at Tiree, Barra and Campbeltown airports.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport could get US connection and new winter routes North Wales passengers could benefit as Ryanair boss talks to airport chiefs about a link to the US and other additional flights

Aviation Industry

• Aeroflot LCC Pobeda Airlines passenger traffic up 38.7% in 2016Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airlines carried 4.3 million passengers in 2016, up 38.7% year-over-year (YOY). read more
• United CCO Haywood steps down; returns to consultancyJulia Haywood is leaving United Airlines to return to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), less than six months after she took the chief commercial officer job at the Chicago-based airline. read more

Other News Sources

• Ryanair to contest Lufthansa, airberlin deal Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will lodge a formal complaint against Lufthansa’s plans to wet lease 38 aircraft from its German competitor airberlin.The agreement, which was finalized in December, will see 38 airberlin Airbus A319/A320 aircraft operating for Eurowings and Austrian Airlines for six years from February.Eurowings will take 33 of the aircraft, enabling it to phase out up to 20 older A320s, and Austrian Airlines will take the remaining five. The deal also includes a codeshare between Lufthansa and airberlin equity parent Etihad Airways.Speaking at a media briefing in London,...