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BA’S Willie Walsh attacks 'damaging' aviation policy
1 month ago

BRITISH growth is being "undermined by Government policy", the head of British Airways' parent company said today.Airlines were facilitating growth but the Government had to understand that it was hampering growth, said Dublin-born Willie Walsh, chief ex
Crash fears as demo jet vanishes
2 weeks ago

A Russian-built airliner is feared to have crashed during a demonstration flight aimed at drumming up sales.The jet, carrying 46 people, lost contact with air controllers while over mountains in western Indonesia.Search and rescue teams are heading to th
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson to create 1,000 jobs in Wales with aviation centre
3 weeks ago

THE lead singer of heavy metal rock band Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, has announced plans to open an aviation centre in South Wales that will bring up to 1,000 new jobs to the area.Mr Dickinson, who has sold more than 85m records worldwide, is also a co
Ryanair is confident it could buy up new planes without order
1 month ago

RYANAIR, which has no planes on order beyond 2012, expects to be able to snap up jets at short notice if required as rival carriers struggle to fund purchases, chief executive officer Michael O'Leary said yesterday."An enormous quantity of the existing o
127 feared dead in Pakistan crash
1 month ago

A passenger jet with 127 people on board has crashed into wheat fields near the Pakistani capital Islamabad as it tried to land in bad weather.Sobbing relatives of those on the Bhoja Air flight flocked to the airport as a government minister expressed li
Buyout saves 180 jobs at aircraft maintenance firm
1 month ago

UP to 180 jobs at an aircraft maintenance company have been secured after the business was bought by an international firm.Shannon-based Air Atlanta Aero Engineering (AAAE) has been purchased by Moscow-based airline and aircraft maintenance company Trans
Savvy investors know when companies pay dividends, it's not always a good thing
2 months ago

APPLE'S decision to pay its first cash dividend to shareholders in more than 20 years has put payout policy firmly back in the spotlight, but savvy investors know it's far from a simple case of "dividend-paying stocks good, dividend-free stocks bad"Think
Food, flights and fillies: how to back a winner
1 month ago

FOR most people, investing in shares over the past five years has been a complete disaster. The banks, which most investors mistakenly thought of as a "safe" investment, have virtually disappeared.Anglo has been nationalised, both AIB and Irish Life & Pe