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Sunday, 13 September 2009

BBC News

• India airline pilots end strikePilots for India's second-largest private airline, Jet Airways, end a five-day strike which led to the cancellation of some 800 flights.

Financial Times

• Extension given on NatExpress offerThe consortium bidding for National Express has an extra fortnight to consider a firm offer after the Take-over Panel agreed a last-minute extension to the deadline...
• American Airlines considers stake in JALAmerican Airlines told Japan Airlines it would consider making an equity investment in its Asian ally as part of a sweeping transpacific joint venture agreement between the two carriers.

Daily Express

• Branson fights 'monster' mergerSIR Richard Branson, the founder and president of Virgin Atlantic, is to appear before the US Congress this week to argue against an effective merger between British Airways and American Airlines.
• £400m bid to save car jobsBUSINESS secretary Lord Mandelson is expected to meet the new owner of Vauxhall in the next few days to seek assurances on thousands of British jobs in exchange for up to £400 million in funding.
• Alstom takes tilt at bumper train contractsENGINEERING firm Alstom, which built Eurostar and Virgin's tilting Pendolinos, is launching a new family of trains into the UK as it goes after multi-billion-pound contracts to supply the fleets for Thameslink and Crossrail.

The News (Portsmouth)

• Race to overturn court injunction over A32 is onA COUNCIL leader has warned that a high-speed bus link between Gosport and Fareham may never go ahead.

The York Press

• York's cyclists urged not to cut corners when it comes to securing bikes CYCLISTS who use poor quality or inadequate locks to secure their bikes are being targeted in a new information campaign by police.

The Shields Gazette

• Port of Tyne saves money by going greenPORT of Tyne has saved more than £20,000 and slashed its carbon footprint after investing in new technology.

Washington Post

• Grant to Support Conversion of Cabs to Propane, Construction of Fueling Stations Nearly $9 million of the Obama administration's economic stimulus funds will go toward converting a thousand Washington area taxicabs into propane-fueled vehicles as well as building several propane fueling stations.

Aviation Industry

• A look at airline capacity cutsMost major U.S. airlines plan to offer fewer flights this fall than they did a year ago as they adjust to weak demand.
• Source: AA talking with JALAmerican Airlines parent AMR Corp. is negotiating for closer ties and possibly an investment in financially troubled Japan Airlines Corp., according to a person familiar with the talks.

Other News Sources

• Tighter security at international airportsTyrone Reid, Sunday Gleaner ReporterMORE THAN a year after major security surveys revealed acute deficiencies at the nation's two international airports, tighter controls have been implemented.But the...
• Two German Cargo Ships Pass Through 'Arctic Passage'By MATT MOORE and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press Writers FRANKFURT–Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route ...
• Bihar Govt urged to revive waterway transportationPatna, Sep. 11 : The committee working on inland waterways transportation held a seminar with the Bihar government in an effort to revive cargo and cruise movements on the rivers flowing through the state.
• Reed Boardall takes on 56 MAN/Scania mix tractor units Frozen food storage and distributor Reed Boardall Group have taken on 56 tractor units, made up of Euro-4 MAN TGX XXLs...