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Saturday, 03 February 2018

BBC News

• Criticism of late-night flights at airportA watchdog has found there was maladministration by a Stormont department over late-night flights at George Best Belfast City Airport.
• Belfast City Airport late-night flight 'failures' criticisedA watchdog finds against Stormont over late-night flights at George Best Belfast City Airport.

The Telegraph

• France army helicopters crash: At least five killed near Saint-Tropez

Times Online

• Ryanair in new battle with union [Subscription]Ryanair has asked Dublin-based pilots to bypass their trade union and directly accept a pay increase, a month after its decision to recognise workers’ groups.

Mail Online

• Probe launched amid claims of airline seat splitting The CAA will investigate whether airlines use programmes that deliberately separate families when they book together in order to force them to pay extra for seats next to each other.

Buying Business Travel

• BA rolling out wifi on long-haul aircraftAirline plans to connect 118 planes

Aviation Industry

• Industry condemns video of drone close encounter with Frontier aircraft Kelsey Atherton The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry and hobbyists alike have been quick to condemn an alleged close encounter with commercial airliner. read more

Other News Sources

• Electric VTOL air taxi raises $100m in Series B fundingJoby Aviation, a secretive US startup developing an electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVOTL) air taxi, has raised $100m in Series B funding from companies including Intel and Toyota. The only artist’s impressions of the secretive vehicle date from 2015 (Credit: Joby Aviation) According to the California-based company, its four-passenger vehicle will be able […] The post Electric VTOL air taxi raises $100m in Series B funding appeared first on The Engineer.