Un-named UK sources say as many as five groups will bid around GBP2 billion to buy UK London Gatwick airport from operator BAA, which has been told by the UK’s competition regulator to shed it.
A UK pilots’ union has called for tougher laws to restrict the sale of high-powered ‘level 2’ lasers after the pilots of two Aberdeen, Scotland-bound planes were targeted.
US carrier Delta Air Lines has confirmed it intends to cut capacity by up to eight per cent and that staff numbers could fall from 75,000 to 73,000 if staff embrace an early retirement program.
Scotland’s Glasgow Prestwick airport, long-established as Irish budget carrier Ryanair’s Scottish base, is about to be eclipsed by Edinburgh with the announcement of seven new Ryanair routes from the Scots capital, bringing the total of routes to 30.
Japan Airlines, Asia’s biggest air carrier, says international cargo volume declined for five months in a row to November 2008, when volume fell 25.1 per cent to 51,823 tons.
Controversial plans for a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport are to get the go-ahead by the UK government, but protestors and objectors are digging in for the long term.
Un-named UK sources say as many as five groups will bid around GBP2 billion to buy UK London Gatwick airport from operator BAA, which has been told by the UK’s competition regulator to shed it.
A UK pilots’ union has called for tougher laws to restrict the sale of high-powered ‘level 2’ lasers after the pilots of two Aberdeen, Scotland-bound planes were targeted.
US carrier Delta Air Lines has confirmed it intends to cut capacity by up to eight per cent and that staff numbers could fall from 75,000 to 73,000 if staff embrace an early retirement program.
Scotland’s Glasgow Prestwick airport, long-established as Irish budget carrier Ryanair’s Scottish base, is about to be eclipsed by Edinburgh with the announcement of seven new Ryanair routes from the Scots capital, bringing the total of routes to 30.
Japan Airlines, Asia’s biggest air carrier, says international cargo volume declined for five months in a row to November 2008, when volume fell 25.1 per cent to 51,823 tons.
Controversial plans for a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport are to get the go-ahead by the UK government, but protestors and objectors are digging in for the long term.