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Bolloré logistics arm to ‘unlock Africa’

Conglomerate aims to cement leading position in African freight

Week in Review Bolloré lifts spirits of Vivendi investors
Lex Vivendi – billionaire on board
French regulator approves Bolloré TV deal
Foreign relations Life becomes more competitive for the French

Lombard from FINANCIALS 12:30pm

Prop trade prohibitors encounter risk test

Fine rule-slaloming banks enough to hurt

AIRLINES 2:38am

Unions edge closer to deal over Iberia strikes

Pilots hold out over redundancy terms

Iberia and unions near deal to end strike
Inside Business Spanish political worries circle Iberia

From WORLD Mar 14, 2013

Highways on road to ruin, warn councils

Spending cuts and bad weather causing crumbling crisis

MPs ‘unprepared’ for ageing population
Chris Giles Osborne is too timid, not too austere

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 13, 2013

Manchester budget attacks government

Ministers accused of starving regional cities of investment

AIRLINES Mar 13, 2013

Korean Air buys stake in Czech airline

State-run CSA is first investment abroad for Asian carrier

Gatwick airport attracts Asian airlines

From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Payment for some air delays cut

EU rules limit compensation for bad weather to three days

Bank of Italy moves to curb bonus payouts
Brussels blog Live – EU summit

From LEX Mar 13, 2013

Cathay Pacific: fasten your seat belts

Airline’s focus on premium business and tight cost control may not be enough

AIRLINES Mar 13, 2013

Cathay Pacific full-year profit drops 83%

Weak cargo shipments from mainland China and higher fuel costs take toll

From INDUSTRIALS Mar 12, 2013

Fire riddle remains despite 787 all-clear

Investigators little closer to understanding battery fault

Boeing narrow vision
Boost for Boeing as FAA agrees 787 fix

AIRLINES Mar 11, 2013

Iberia and unions near deal to end strike

Mediator proposes compromise on job cuts and redundancy payments

From WORLD Mar 10, 2013

Pilot plots longer Heathrow runways

Concorde veteran has contentious plan to boost hub’s capacity

AIRLINES Mar 10, 2013

Budget airlines’ cost advantage shrinks

Biggest legacy carriers see cost gap contract by a third

From WORLD Mar 10, 2013

Peak fares rise set to be abandoned

Controversial shake-up could be rejected to avert commuter backlash

AIRLINES Mar 10, 2013

Unease grows in Madrid over Iberia deal

Merger with BA appears to have left no one happy

RAIL Mar 10, 2013

Norfolk Southern chief promises to invest

Rail group to resist cutting rates to seek new traffic

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Condemned ‘icon’ offered ticket to ride

Tycoon in bid to save Preston’s brutalist bus station from bulldozer

AIRLINES Mar 7, 2013

Latam picks Oneworld over Star Alliance

Membership marks power shift in airline alliances in S America

Inside Business from AIRLINES Mar 7, 2013

Spanish political worries circle Iberia

The government’s mistake is to confuse Spain’s strategic interests with those of the airline

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 7, 2013

Johnson launches ‘Crossrail for bikes’

15-mile London route part of £913m project

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An AirAsia Airbus passenger plane comes in to land at Hong Kong's international airport on August 16, 2011.

©AFP India has approved the joint venture between Tata Sons and Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia

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An AirAsia Japan Co. engineer stands near the company's first Airbus SAS A320 aircraft during a media preview at Narita Airport in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, June 11, 2012. AirAsia Japan will start flights between Tokyo and Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Okinawa from August, it announced on May 30.

©Bloomberg AirAsia’s plan to set up a brand-new, start-up Indian carrier has received lukewarm response

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