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Wednesday, 19 September 2018
BBC News
- Portadown-based aircraft seat business doubles profitsA Portadown-based aircraft seat manufacturer more than doubles its turnover and profits.
- Space technology firm creates 33 jobs in BelfastThe jobs at Belfast-based business 3DEO will include space system engineers and data consultants.
- Qantas mulls plane gyms as prepares for 20-hour flightsThe Australian airline wants to launch non-stop flights between London and Sydney by 2022.
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- BA faces legal challenge for refusing to fly lab animals [Subscription]British Airways and other airlines are facing a legal challenge from scientists to try to end the blockade on flying animals for research.
Aviation Industry
- Air France pilots' union confident new CEO will resolve pay crisis Air France’s main pilots' union has confidence in new Air France-KLM group CEO Ben Smith’s ability to solve a pay crisis that cost his predecessor his job and is still unresolved, its president told France’s RTL Radio. read more
- Brussels Airlines to expand Africa service; end Mumbai flights in 2019Lufthansa Group subsidiary Brussels Airlines is making changes to its long-haul network, reinforcing its presence in Africa as it ends flights to Mumbai, India for economic reasons and refocuses the capacity on its core intercontinental region of Africa. read more
- Coalition urges US lawmakers to abandon flag of convenience provisionA coalition of airlines, airports and manufacturers wrote a letter to US lawmakers urging them to ditch a provision in the bill to reauthorize the FAA that would target so-called “flag of convenience” carriers, warning it would “undermine the basis for the Open Skies Agreements” that underpin the global aviation system. read more
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- Heathrow fined for breaching competition law over car park chargesHeathrow Airport has been fined 1.6m for restricting competition on parking prices with the operator of the Sofitel hotel at Terminal 5.
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