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BA enters SuperJumbo age with... with a 90-minute flight to Frankfurt
Friday 02 August 2013
Passengers at Heathrow surprised to find themselves aboard British Airways' newest plane - the Airbus A380
26 passengers taken ill during 14-hour Qantas flight from Chile to Australia
Friday 02 August 2013
16 required hospital treatment following a stomach bug that hit a plane full of passengers
IAG boss Willie Walsh: no Heathrow expansion now
Friday 02 August 2013
BA boss says issue 'too politically sensitive'
Pilots gather for freedom to fly in China's forbidden skies
Thursday 01 August 2013
Restrictions ban private aircraft owners from almost all of China’s airspace. But Nuomin He, one of the country’s estimated 2,000 private aircraft owners, is one of the few who grouped together for the Air Nadaam festival in Hexigten, Inner Mongolia – the first event of its kind – seeking leniency for aviation enthusiasts.
Russia grants NSA PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden a year's asylum
Thursday 01 August 2013
‘Most wanted man on Earth’ leaves Moscow airport for secret safe house after agreeing to stop leaking US information
Don’t knock Ryanair – it’s created a revolution in air travel that we should all be celebrating
Thursday 01 August 2013
It’s the airline that everyone loves to complain about, but here’s why it’s my favourite
General Electric ‘conspired’ to acquire airline’s planes on the cheap, High Court judge rules
Wednesday 31 July 2013
The message from the serried ranks of highly paid lawyers, barristers and advisers filling the London courtroom was clear: don’t mess with General Electric.
Once again, changing what passengers do: I'll price luggage out of the hold, says Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary
Wednesday 31 July 2013
He wants to halve number of passengers checking in bags and says making passengers pay for cabin baggage is also a possibility
EADS changes name to Airbus in bid for Boeing competition
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Airbus Group will combine its defence and space activities in one division with Airbus Military transporters
GKN profits take off on back of plane sales
Wednesday 31 July 2013
A record number of new planes in production boosted profits at the engineer GKN during the first half of the year.
RAF tornado forced to make emergency landing after bird strike
Tuesday 30 July 2013
A Tornado jet has had to make an emergency landing at a Scottish airport after a bird strike.
Passengers on delayed easyJet flight are given 86 years to browse duty-free shops
Monday 29 July 2013
Britain’s biggest budget airline cancelled a late-night flight – then told passengers to wait 86 years and one day for a replacement.
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- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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