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Airlines’ concerns grow of global tax support

Although detailed funding decisions are not expected to be finalised at the Copenhagen summit, several aviation tax options have stayed in the official negotiating text

Germany to run northern metro

Deutsche Bahn wins a seven-year contract to operate the Tyne and Wear Metro. It will take over employment of the drivers, signallers and other operational staff from April 1

Singapore’s Tiger Airways plans IPO

Tiger Airways, the Singapore-based low-cost airline, is planning an initial public offering in January to raise about $500m

China Shipbuilding to launch $2.2bn IPO

China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, the country’s biggest ship equipment maker, said it would raise up to $2.2bn in a Shanghai initial public offering

Emissions boost for some airlines

Airlines operating flights over long distances or with many business class customers may be able to benefit from inclusion in the European Union's emissions trading...

ACM Shipping eyes expansion

The intention to expand into dry bulk and offshore services comes as the Aim-quoted shipbroker specialising in tankers announces first-half profits that fell slightly because of falling ship earnings

World View: All change at Shenzhen

Shenzhen Airlines has revealed that Fan Cheng, a senior vice-president from Air China, has been named Shenzhen’s Communist party secretary – the most powerful position anyone can hold in a Chinese company – days after it announced its de facto owner, Li Zeyuan, was being investigated

South Korea rail strike called off

The railway workers’ union has ended a strike, buckling under pressure from the pro-business government of President Lee Myung-bak, which refused to compromise even though the walkout slowed cargo transport

American Airlines steps up efforts to woo JAL

American Airlines ramps up its attempt to save its partnership with Japan Airlines by pledging $1.1bn in financial support for the troubled Asian carrier

Aer Lingus to cut jobs as union talks fail

The Irish airline fails to get the backing of pilots and cabin crew for its €97m cost-saving plan despite the intervention of the Labour Relations Council

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