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Thursday, 22 November 2018

BBC News

• UK industry to make new 'Hotbirds'British industry is going to build two new spacecraft for the big Paris-based telecoms operator Eutelsat.
• Belfast International Airport: More security staff to be hiredBelfast International's new security firm has said more staff should improve waiting times.
• Bombardier to cut 490 more Northern Ireland jobsThe Canadian aircraft manufacturer employs about 4,000 people in Northern Ireland.

The Guardian

• Bombardier to axe almost 500 jobs in Northern IrelandUnion says large-scale redundancies at aircraft maker ‘exceeds our worst fears’

The Independent

• Nasa and SpaceX to test rocket that will carry people to spaceNasa and SpaceX are about to launch a rocket that could mark the future of American spaceflight

Times Online

• ‘Star Trek’ plane propels science fiction into fact [subscription]Scientists have opened a new frontier in aviation with a model electric plane that has no moving parts in its propulsion system, emits no pollution from combustion and gains thrust from an “ionic wind” of charged particles — a technology widely written off as the stuff of science fiction.

Belfast Telegraph

• Belfast International Airport security officers jobs to combat delays - and here's how to applyThere's an urgent push for new workers due to "a staffing shortage"

Airportwatch

• Nasa and SpaceX to test rocket that will carry people to spaceNasa and SpaceX are about to launch a rocket that could mark the future of American spaceflight

Aviation Industry

• Airbus names new CFO, commercial COOAirbus’ management transition continued Nov. 21 with the appointments of Dominik Asam as CFO and Michael Schoellhorn as COO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft. read more
• Inmarsat, European ANSPs to cooperate on ATM data linkInmarsat has signed agreements with five major air navigation service providers (ANSPs) in support of Iris, a European program aimed at increasing the use of data link services to support controller-pilot communications and improve trajectory management. read more
• Boeing to brief 737 MAX customers next weekBoeing will hold a set of regional meetings and conference calls next week with 737 MAX customers to address their questions and concerns about a new system that was introduced on the re-engined narrowbody. read more