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Transport for the North’s Chief Executive steps down
Transport for the North (TfN) has announced that Chief Executive David Brown will be leaving the organisation in September to take up a new post as Managing Director of Arriva Rail North Ltd which operates the Northern rail franchise.
Rail a growth industry and UK’s “economic backbone”
RDG Chairman calls rail the “economic backbone” of the country, and that in uncertain times rail has the power to create secure jobs.
Friday, 16 June 2017
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- Bombardier pay dispute ends as workers accept new dealA long-running pay dispute is over at Bombardier, one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers
- British Airways technology chaos will cost �80mWillie Walsh, chief executive of BA's owner, apologises again for a
Financial Times
- BA faces �80m cost for IT failure that stranded 75,000 passengersNew apology comes as thousands of passengers fly without checked-in bags from Heathrow
The Scotsman
- British Airways owner flags �80m hit from IT failureBritish Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has said a major IT failure that caused travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers last month will cost the company “in the order of” £80 million.
Mail Online
- British Airways computer failure will cost �80million� Willie Walsh, the chief executive of International Airlines Group, gave the estimate during the airline giant's annual general meeting. During the event, the company also apologised to customers.
London Evening Standard
- Heathrow delays: BA and American Airlines passengers told they may have to travel without luggagePassengers today faced chaos at Heathrow Airport as they were warned they may need to travel without their bags after a system failure.
Aviation Industry
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- EasyJet confirms interest in AlitaliaUK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet has confirmed it is among the parties that have expressed an interest in troubled Italian flag carrier Alitalia, which is separately facing strike disruption June 17. read more
- TSA to trial computed tomography scanners at airport checkpointsThe US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be trialing computed tomography (CT) scanning technology this month at two airport checkpoint lanes, one in Phoenix and another in Boston. read more
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