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EC soothes emissions trading worries : the European Commission has hinted that rules currently being drawn up for emissions trading will protect the interests of airlines that have invested in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft

Prepare for Arrival : the A380 will alleviate some capacity issues on the ground, but it has already force airports to get ready to handle a new size of aircraft and more passengers

Europe backs emissions trading : Brussels has presented a plan for bringing air transport within the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme, concluding that taxes and charges would bring fewer benefits and would not be cost-efficient

THY's expansion en route : THY Turkish Airlines is embarking on a massive network and fleet expansion over the coming years, boosted by a fast-growing economy, and expanding tourism industry, and Turkey's possible entry to the European Union

British Airways sets deadline for regional revival : Willie Walsh, the chief executive of BA, will close the airline's loss-making regional division if it has noot returned to profitability by the end of the 2007-8 financial year

Air Berlin offers Stansted connections : German's low-cost carrier is to open a transfer base at London Stansted Airport, taking on Europe's LCC giants EasyJet and Ryanair in their home market

Delay fears mount as traffic soars : Europe's air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol says that air traffic grew to a record 9.2 million flights in 2005, but airline bodies are ervous as delay levels creep up

Europe unveils its ATM masterplan : political issues still cloud the way forward as European Commission and Eurocontrol prepare to launch the "definition" phase of the SESAME programme that is designed to set a masterplan for harmonised air traffic navigation operations and standards

Sterling buys Maersk Air : budget operator Sterling has acquired fellow Danish independent Maersk Air from the AP Moller shipping group, with the aim of increasing its scale in the Scandinavian low-cost market

Fighting talk : already strained relations between the main airline and airport trade bodies on charges are at a new low, with airport organisation ACI telling its members to bypass IATA and talk directly with airlines