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North Wales and Mersey Dee (NW&MD) Rail Taskforce has renewed calls for major improvements to be delivered by the new Wales and Borders Franchise.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
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- Glasgow Airport drop-off charge comes into forceDrivers dropping passengers off at the airport will now have to pay £2 for a stay of up to 10 minutes.
- Airbus chief in Eurofighter fraud probeThe dispute stems from Austria's 2 billion-euro (£1.7bn) Eurofighter warplane purchase more than a decade ago.
Financial Times
- Wizz, Wow and Scoot are no joke for long-haul rivalsNew wave of aggressive low-cost airlines add to the problems for traditional carriers
- United offers more cash to passengers to give up seatsAirline acts to repair its reputation after violent removal of passenger
The Telegraph
- BA offloads British couple at military base over business class row
- United Airlines raising limit on payments to bumped flyers to $10,000 as it deals with fallout from PR disaster
Daily Record
- Watch how Glasgow Airport's new pick-up and drop-off point will work as new charge comes into force The new multi-million pound pick-up and drop-off point opposite the main terminal opens tomorrow and the new charge will allow drivers to stay for 10 minutes.
The Mirror
- Scandal-hit United Airlines to offer passengers $10,000 to give up seats after doctor violently dragged from overbooked flight The announcement came as United attempted to repair its reputation following a string of controversies
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Airbus secures $6bn Chinese deal for jet....that can take off like this China Southern Airlines has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 20 A350-900s
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- The 10 things United is doing to avoid another dust-up, drag-out passenger fiascoIn the wake of the forcible removal of a passenger from one of its regional flights earlier this month, United Airlines on Thursday acknowledged four failures at the airline and released a list of ten initiatives aimed at preventing a repeat of the incident that sparked a global public relations disaster.
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- British Airways reveals New York JFK T7 revamp plansImages show what the terminal will look like following a �52m investment
Aviation Industry
- Italy arranging emergency bridge loan to keep Alitalia flyingItaly is preparing an emergency bridge loan to keep Alitalia going, in hopes of finding a buyer, after employees derailed the carrier’s turnaround plan by rejecting a labor agreement. read more
- United CEO tells senators flight 3411 “will never happen again”United Airlines’ CEO has provided US lawmakers with a detailed account of events leading up to and during the incident that notoriously ended up with a passenger being brutally dragged off an aircraft to make way for a United regional airline employee. read more
- American pilots & flight attendants to get peer-standard pay raisesAmerican Airlines is offering mid-term pay raises to its pilots and flight attendants so they are compensated in line with their peers at Delta Air Lines and United Airlines - a voluntary move almost unprecedented in US airline labor history. read more
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