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Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Financial Times

• Ryanair taps ex-flight operations chief for COO to solve pilots crisis
• Ryanair lures back chief of Malaysia AirlinesBellew rejoins group to help tackle pilot problems that led to flight cancellations
• Bombardier’s deal with Airbus is bad for businessThe response to Boeing’s appeal for action deepens protectionism
• Japan’s new maglev train line runs headlong into criticsThe Tokyo to Osaka line may have too high a cost and too few benefits

East Anglian Daily Times

• Stansted Airport lowers growth target following public consultation on expansion plansStansted Airport has scaled-back its expansion plans with a pledge to achieve is growth ambitions without seeking any increase in the number of flights it is allowed to handle.

Aviation Industry

• Wizz Air sets up UK companyCentral and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has established a UK company and is reviewing the process to acquire a local air operator’s certificate (AOC), as the UK prepares to leave the European Union (EU) (Brexit). read more
• Third US travel ban largely blocked by federal judgeA federal judge in Hawaii on Oct. 17 reportedly blocked a large portion of the Trump administration’s third attempt at a foreign travel ban to the US, a day before the ban was set to take effect. read more