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Tuesday, 31 July 2012
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- Heathrow's Myrtle Avenue: A plane spotter's paradise As tens of thousands of Olympics spectators arrive in the UK via Heathrow Airport, few of them would think that they have spectators of their own.
- Losses widen at Air France-KLMEurope's biggest airline Air France-KLM reports a 895m-euro second quarter loss as it is hit by redundancy payouts from cost-cutting measures.
- Fuel costs knock Ryanair profitsLow-frills airline Ryanair reports a sharp drop in quarterly profits as a result of
Financial Times
- Air France-KLM suffers €895m net lossShares rise after the Franco-German airline forecast that cost cutting will help improve its performance in the second half of the year
- European airlines “ bumpy ridesNeither Ryanair nor Air France-KLM care to predict in any detail how the difficult economic climate “ and prospect of more airline failures “ will play out
- Eurozone woes drag on Ryanair faresAverage ticket price rises just 4% at airline in first quarter, compared with 16% last year, reflecting customers™ unwillingness to spend
Daily Express
- Ryanair profits crash land as fuel bills soarPROFITS at budget airline Ryanair dived yesterday - hit by growing European economic turbulence and soaring fuel prices.
Manchester Evening News
- Jet fans get chance to name Britain's first Dreamliner aircraft before Manchester take-offTwitter users have been asked to name Britain™s first Dreamliner aircraft as airline bosses prepare to fly the revolutionary jet from Manchester. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been hailed as the greatest development in air travel since the development of Concorde in the early 1970s.
Aviation Industry
- Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary wants to hike ticket prices as profits dropRyanair boss Michael O'Leary last night said he was upset he could not charge more for tickets, as profits fell by almost a third.
- Aer Lingus, Etihad strengthen bondsAer Lingus (EI) and Etihad Airways (EY) have announced codeshare and interline agreements.
- Etihad and Aer Lingus sign codeshare dealCarriers' agreement will take effect on flights from the autumn
- Business travel outperforming UK economyTransactions through GTMC members grew during the second quarter of 2012
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