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Friday, 10 August 2018

BBC News

• Ryanair strike: One in six flights cancelled in pilot walkoutStrike in five European countries will affect about 400 flights, one in six of the airline's services.

The Independent

• Turkish airlines cancels passenger's return ticket and charges him £250 after check-in errorExclusive: Turkish Airlines cancels a passenger’s homeward booking even though he could prove he was on the outbound flight

Buying Business Travel

• Flight Centre partners with LumoFlight Centre Travel Group’s (FCTG) corporate brands have partnered with flight delay prediction service Lumo (formerly Flightsayer) to deliver disruption forecasts to clients.

Aviation Industry

• Air freight market growth slows in June The predicted slowdown of the global air freight market became a clear trend in June, as year-over-year (YOY) growth in the total air cargo market slowed to 2.7%, about half the five-year average growth rate (5.1%), according to IATA’s June Air Freight Market Analysis. read more
• Italy seeks state-controlled shareholder consortium for AlitaliaThe Italian government is considering involving national railway company Ferrovie dello Stato and public investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in plans to keep the bankrupt Alitalia in Italian hands, local media has reported. read more
• EasyJet expands Switzerland operationsUK-based easyJet plans to further expand its Switzerland operations by adding new services, including up to 3X-weekly Basel-Warsaw (Poland) and 4X-weekly Geneva-Warsaw flights beginning Oct 28. read more

Other News Sources

• London Heathrow engages AI program to help write unbiased job descriptionsWith several new job vacancies on the horizon due to the planned addition of a third-runway, London Heathrow Airport will use augmented writing platform Textio to highlight unconscious bias in the airport’s job listings.
• Heathrow planes are lower, larger and more intrusiveAccording to a new survey aircraft landing at Heathrow are lower than in years gone by. The survey, carried out by campaign group HACAN, also found that planes had become larger and fuller.