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Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Financial Times

• Flybe CFO departs in another setback for airlineStruggling group faces problems because of an oversupplied European aviation market
• Atlantia opens gate for Abertis tie-upDeal would create one of the world’s largest toll road groups
• United chief plays down brand hit from passenger fiascoMunoz says too early to assess whether backlash will hurt bookings in US or China

The Guardian

• United CEO: nobody will be fired after man was violently dragged from planeOscar Munoz promised more details after review of policies on overbooked flights, and executives said it was too soon to know if incident hurt ticket salesThe CEO of United Airlines says no one will be fired over the dragging of a man off a plane – including himself. The CEO, Oscar Munoz, said on Tuesday that he took full responsibility “for making this right” and promised more details later this month after United finishes a review of its policies on overbooked flights. Continue reading...

The Herald

• No-one will be fired over passenger dragging incident, says United Airline bossThe chief executive of United Airlines has said no-one will be fired over the dragging of a man off a plane - including himself.

The Telegraph

• United CEO Oscar Munoz says no one will be fired for dragging man off plane incident

Aviation Industry

• BOC Aviation transactions up 26% in 1Q 2017BOC Aviation leased, purchased and sold a total of 54 aircraft in the first quarter of 2017, up 25.6% compared to a total 43 leased, purchased and sold aircraft in the year-ago quarter. read more
• Zodiac blames Safran talks for results delayFrench aircraft equipment company Zodiac Aerospace has pushed back the publication of its interim results because of the extra workload created by an acquisition bid from high-technology group Safran. read more

Other News Sources

• Ryanair denies climate change because it doesn’t like the solutionsIt’s no mystery why Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary dismisses evidence of climate change as “rubbish”, writes Andrew Murphy.