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Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Daily Express

• Noise complaints drop at Heathrow - but same ten people are making two-thirds of them

London Evening Standard

• SpaceX: Elon Musk halts launch of NASA satellite that will look for planets capable of supporting lifeSpaceX has delayed the launch of a satellite that will look for planets beyond our solar system capable of supporting life.

Other Regional Press

• 600 jobs on offer at Manchester Airport And, yes, some of them are to be a pilot

Aviation Industry

• Air France faces more strikes as pay dispute continuesAir France faces day-long strikes April 17, 18, 23 and 24 as a series of strikes continues, part of a long-running pay dispute between the airline’s employees and management. read more
• Rolls engine blade fault severely curtails 787 ETOPSSignificantly reduced ETOPS and performance limits plus a new set of mandatory inspections for operators of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Package C-powered Boeing 787s are set to cause further disruption to a fleet already under strain from earlier problems and replacements. read more
• US ultra-LCC Allegiant strongly denies unsafe allegationsUS ultra-LCC Allegiant Air is pushing back hard against new allegations that it runs an unsafe airline, pointing to changes aimed at improving its operations as evidence. read more