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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

easyJet shareholders approve Apollo’s £5.7bn takeover, with deal completion targeted for March and up to 50 Luton HQ roles at ri

The buyout would end easyJet’s more than 26 years on the London stock market and put the airline under US ownership. Separately, the carrier is consulting on up to 50 redundancies at its Luton headquarters—about 2% of its reported 2,300-person head-office workforce—as it prepares for its future business plans.

2026-11-12T04:15:30.903727-08:00
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FlightGlobal • Graham Dunn

How Europe’s major airlines fared in key third quarter

By FlightGlobal: Air France-KLM among six carriers to boost operating profits for the July-September period. While high fuel costs continue to cloud airline fortunes, strong demand and yields helped European carriers largely protect – and in some cases enhance – profits in the peak third-quarter season.

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2026-11-12T03:19:15.714205-08:00
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Bloomberg • Kate Duffy

Europe Should Coordinate Bomb Threat Responses, Wizz CEO Says

By Bloomberg: Wizz Air Holdings Plc’s chief executive officer said Europe needs a coordinated approach for handling bomb threats, such as those last week that forced carriers to divert planes and militaries to deploy fighter jets.

2026-11-12T04:04:56.153929-08:00
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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Pitch-up effect after bounced touchdown led A300 freighter to strike tail at London Heathrow

By FlightGlobal: Crew executed go-around despite activating reverse thrust upon arrival from Leipzig. UK investigators believe back-pressure on the control column and the pitch-up effect of spoiler extension resulted in an Airbus A300-600F’s tail-strike at London Heathrow last year.

2026-11-12T04:19:16.342484-08:00