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Cheap as chips? EasyJet sets up budget supermarket chain
From check-ins to checkouts – easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is setting up a budget supermarket chain to take on the might of cut-price grocery giants Aldi and Lidl.
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Gatwick cuts some summer flights to deal with staffing crisis
Gatwick Airport has announced it is cutting flights right in the middle of the summer holiday season as it continues to struggle with a staffing crisis. Normally around 900 flights leave the airport each day during peak season, but this July that will be cut to 825 and in August to 850. Meanwhile, an investigation…
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Thousands of jobs axed in Covid-induced downturn
Yesterday the Prime Minister was promising to “build, build, build” the country out of an ailing Covid-induced downturn.
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Airlines cancel flights as coronavirus fears affect demand
Ryanair has become the latest airline to cancel flights due to a drop in demand caused by the virus.
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Two men arrested for Manchester bomb hoax
Passengers on a plane at Manchester Airport have been evacuated following reports of a man carrying a bomb on their flight bound for Marrakech.
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Rescue flights forced to turn back from Egypt
Thousands of Britons remain stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh after rescue flights were forced to turn back in mid-air.
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Sharm el-Sheikh: confusion over evacuation plans
The Transport Secretary says most British tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh will be home by this evening; but EasyJet says its planned rescue flights “have been suspended by the Egyptian authorities”.
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Sharm el-Sheikh: ‘significant possibility’ IS caused crash
David Cameron says it’s looking “increasingly likely” the crash was caused by a terrorist bomb. German and Dutch airlines have joined the UK and temporarily stopped flights in and out of the resort.
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Germanwings: three days that changed the face of flying
At first it seemed a tragic accident, claiming 150 lives – but as the week drew on it emerged as something altogether more sinister. Channel 4 News looks back at how the Alpine crash unfolded.
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Andreas Lubitz: what did Lufthansa know about his state?
Torn up documents, including doctor’s notes consenting time off work dated for the day of the French Alps disaster, have been found at the home of Andreas Lubitz, German prosecutors say.
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Germanwings crash: co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy the plane’
Police start searching properties in Dusseldorf after French authorities describe how Andreas Lubitz “refused to open” the cockpit door of the Airbus A320 and accelerated its descent “intentionally”.
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Germanwings: budget airline owned by Lufthansa
The Germanwings plane that crashed in France is said to use a wide-range of Airbus single-aisle aircrafts, popular with many airlines including low-cost carriers such as easyJet.
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Luton airport reopening after bomb scare
Police carry out a controlled explosion at Luton airport after a suspicious package triggered a security alert – disrupting travel plans for thousands.
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‘All conflict zones should be closed to airlines’ – pilots
The general secretary of British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) tells Channel 4 News the world has changed after the MH17 crash, and pilots need more guidance about where is safe to fly.
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Waterworld: Britain’s wettest winter on record
From the storm surge in December through the wettest January on record, Channel 4 News tracks the stormiest winter in memory which has left two people dead and thousands flooded and without power.