Plane crash kills 43

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Some 43 people are believed to have died in a plane crash in China when a Henan Airlines flight broke apart at the airport at the north-eastern city of Yichun.

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NZ man finds bird strike solution

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A Canterbury, NZ scientist has come with a possible solution to airport bird strikes by using grass that birds don't like and which poisons insects that birds feed on.

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More passengers for Auckland

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
New Zealand's Auckland International Airport (AIA) says international passenger traffic excluding transits was up 4.9 per cent in July compared to July 2009.

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BA reports wider Q1 financial year loss

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
UK carrier British Airways says its first-quarter UK financial year loss - to end June - widened to GBP122 million compared to a loss of GBP106 million a year earlier.  Sales fell 2.3 per cent to GBP1.94 billion.

UK passengers would pay for protection

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A survey by the Air Transport Users Council in the UK says fewer than 10 per cent of passengers would refuse to pay for protection from an airline failure as part of their ticket price.

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Aer Lingus tips break even

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Irish carrier Aer Lingus has reported a narrower first-half loss - due to cost and route cuts, lower fuel prices and better yield - and said it expects to at least break even for the year.

Plane crash kills 43

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Some 43 people are believed to have died in a plane crash in China when a Henan Airlines flight broke apart at the airport at the north-eastern city of Yichun.

Read more ...

NZ man finds bird strike solution

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A Canterbury, NZ scientist has come with a possible solution to airport bird strikes by using grass that birds don't like and which poisons insects that birds feed on.

Read more ...

More passengers for Auckland

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
New Zealand's Auckland International Airport (AIA) says international passenger traffic excluding transits was up 4.9 per cent in July compared to July 2009.

Read more ...

BA reports wider Q1 financial year loss

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
UK carrier British Airways says its first-quarter UK financial year loss - to end June - widened to GBP122 million compared to a loss of GBP106 million a year earlier.  Sales fell 2.3 per cent to GBP1.94 billion.

UK passengers would pay for protection

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A survey by the Air Transport Users Council in the UK says fewer than 10 per cent of passengers would refuse to pay for protection from an airline failure as part of their ticket price.

Read more ...

Aer Lingus tips break even

BTN News
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Irish carrier Aer Lingus has reported a narrower first-half loss - due to cost and route cuts, lower fuel prices and better yield - and said it expects to at least break even for the year.