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Thursday, 01 November 2018

BBC News

• Ryanair passengers brace for new bag rulesAirline's second change to luggage regulations this year comes into effect on Thursday.

ITV News

• Ryanair changes luggage rules for second time in a yearRyanair has changed its hand luggage rules for the second time this year.

Times Online

• Counting trick helps Airbus meet its targets [Subscription]Airbus had been set to miss its commercial jetliner targets this year because Rolls-Royce failed to provide engines for the A330neo on time — but it avoided doing so thanks to a corporate sleight of hand. The aerospace giant has redefined its target of delivering 800 aircraft this year to include those from its newly acquired Bombardier C Series, which were not previously part of the count.

Mail Online

• Helicopter disaster which killed Leicester City owner and four others was sparked by its 'tail rotor flying off', senior air crash investigator saysThe helicopter crash that killed Leicester City's billionaire owner and four others was caused by the tail rotor breaking off in mid-air, a senior crash investigator said today.

The Mirror

• All day airport boozing to be BANNED under new Government plansA spike in alcohol related incidents mid-air has resulted in airlines calling for a crackdown

C.N.N.

• Lion Air crash: Divers find device believed to be plane 'black box'Indonesian investigators believe they have found a device containing flight data from Lion Air Flight JT610, a discovery that should help explain why the new Boeing 737 crashed Monday, killing all 189 people on board.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• DHL to manage easyJet ground handling operations at Manchester and Bristol airportsOne year on from taking over ground handling operations at London Gatwick Airport, DHL Supply Chain has been appointed by easyJet to take over the airline’s ground handling operations at Bristol and Manchester airports.

Aviation Industry

• Search teams may have located fuselage from crashed Lion Air 737-8 Indonesian officials appear confident the location of the main part of the fuselage from the Oct. 29 Lion Air flight JT610 crash has been found, as the search for wreckage continued for a third day on Oct. 31. read more
• Airbus lowers 2018 delivery target on A330, A380 issuesFacing mounting issues in two major programs, Airbus has cut the manufacturer’s 2018 delivery target and said the company is working to “resolve certain commercial challenges on the A330ceo and the A380â€� by the end of the year. read more

EIN News Subscription

• Divers recover jet’s data recorder on Indonesia seafloor … , which was recently removed from European Union and U.S. blacklists … accuracy against the flight data recorder. Several passengers on the Sunday flight … . Indonesian airlines were barred in 2007 from flying to Europe because of …
• Turkey's new Istanbul airport to be world's largest … The airport is being built in the Arnavutkoy district on the European … Munich in 1992.   AIR TRAFFIC GROWTH The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says … global air traffic is growing …