IFALPA Daily News – 16 October 2013‏

Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
Lebanese TV shows footage of abducted Turkish pilots
Two Turkish pilots abducted in Beirut two months ago appeared in a video broadcast by Lebanese
television on Tuesday, saying they were both well and wanted to return home.
Aviation groups rally against government shutdown
At Capitol Hill on Thursday, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) was joined by NBAA,
ALPA, GAMA, NATA, HAI and Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (Pass) in a rally against the
government shutdown.
Panel of Boeing 787 Dreamliner falls off en route to Bangalore
A large panel in the belly of a Dreamliner aircraft on a flight, which took off from New Delhi for Bangalore,
fell off leaving a large hole in the cargo hold.
Pilots quarrel with Norwegian
Negotiations between the pilots and Norwegian Air broke off on Monday, leading to warnings of a strike
in two weeks.
EU regulators to probe Spanish airport deals for Ryanair, others
European Union state aid regulators are investigating whether marketing deals between the Spanish
authorities and low-cost airline Ryanair breach EU rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
Joyce stands firm: Qantas won’t pay for second runway
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has insisted Australia’s biggest airline will not pay upfront for Brisbane
Airport’s new parallel runway.
EU seeks carbon tax for all flights over Europe
The European Commission wants to impose carbon emission charges for all flights using Europe’s airspace.
 
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