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- Thomas Cook considers sale of airlineThe travel company says it is conducting a
- Flybe will wind up company if shareholders reject saleThe low-cost airline has urged shareholders to accept a £2.2m takeover offer from Connect Airways.
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- Penzance to Scilly helicopter service to restart with EU fundingYear-round flights due to return in 2020 after injection of EU and private investment
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- Thomas Cook is on the right flight path with airline salet’s not a great time to be a holiday company. Or an airline. Thomas Cook finds itself in the position of being both. So the venerable tour operator has decided to bet the farm on its hotels business and has announced a “strategic review” of its airline to “increase financial flexibility”.
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- Super-jumbo future is in doubt after losing order [subscription]Qantas has cancelled a longstanding order for eight Airbus SE A380 super-jumbos, a decision that could sound the death knell for the world’s largest passenger plane.
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- Qantas drops order for eight Airbus superjumbo jetsAustralian airline Qantas has cancelled an order for eight Airbus SE A380 superjumbo jets, in the latest blow for the model.
Aviation Industry
- EasyJet outlines post-Brexit ownership compliance planUK LCC easyJet has detailed the steps it has taken to Brexit-proof its operations and says it has a plan in place to ensure it meets European Union (EU) ownership and control regulations, regardless of whether or not airlines are given an adjustment period after the UK departs the bloc. read more
- London City CEO: Further drone incidents inevitable Further unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, incidents at major airports are inevitable and the civil aviation sector must be prepared to deal with them, London City Airport CEO Robert Sinclair said Feb. 7. read more
- Thomas Cook may sell airline division following strategy reviewLufthansa Group has shown an interest in buying Condor’s Frankfurt-based long-haul operation, industry sources said Feb. 7. read more
- Germany OKs Zeitfracht Group stake in Romania’s Blue AirThe German Federal Cartel Office has approved the purchase of shares in Romania’s LCC Blue Air by Berlin-based logistics group Zeitfracht in an expansion bid. read more
- Airbus A220 makes North American debut with Delta Air LinesDelta Air Lines on Feb. 7 became the first airline in the Americas to debut the Airbus A220, operating flights between New York LaGuardia (LGA) and both Boston Logan and Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW). read more
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- Heathrow expansion process ListenCllr John Boughtflower, Chair of Spelthorne's Heathrow Expansion Working Group, said: "Today we are registering some major concerns with the expansion process that threatens the scheme's credibility and timely deliverability. These concerns have been flagged over a prolonged period with HAL and we remain surprised that such shortcomings should exist at all in such an important scheme.
- Glasgow Airport has boosted its efforts against the use of single-use plastic by offering staff free refillable water bottles.More than 5,300 people work in and around the airport and each one – from pilots to aircraft engineers and cabin crew to security guards – will be encouraged to pick up one of the reusable bottles.
- A new helicopter link between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly gets one step closer with more funding.Penzance Heliport Ltd received a massive boost from the European Union this week after being awarded £1.8 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). This new investment brings the restoration of a helicopter link between the Scilly Isles and Penzance a big step forward.
- Birmingham Airport awarded grant funding of £1.4 million towards electric buses The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has awarded Birmingham Airport £1.4million from the Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme, it was announced on Wednesday 6th February.
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