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BMW launches more fuel-efficient Mini
OXFORD, England (Reuters) - BMW unveiled a more fuel efficient, third-generation version of its iconic Mini on Monday, as the world's biggest luxury carmaker looks to retain its leadership in...
Boeing Dreamliner catches fire at Britain’s Heathrow airport
LONDON (Reuters) - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Ethiopian Airlines caught fire at Britain's Heathrow airport on Friday in a fresh blow for the U.S. planemaker which earlier this...
Airbus A380 marks start to fleet modernization for British Airways
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways receives its first Airbus A380 jet at Heathrow airport on Thursday, marking the start of modernizing its aging fleet with new, more fuel-efficient planes able...
TUI Travel picks Boeing for 60-plane order worth $6 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - British travel firm TUI Travel agreed to buy 60 mid-range Boeing jets with an option for 90 more, moving to make its fleet more fuel-efficient and delivering...
Unlocked engine covers caused BA emergency landing: regulator
LONDON (Reuters) - British air safety regulators ordered Airbus to notify operators of its A320 jets to make specific safety checks after finding unlocked engine covers had forced a jet...
TUI Travel picks Boeing for 60-plane order worth $6 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - British travel firm TUI Travel agreed to buy 60 mid-range Boeing jets with an option for 90 more, moving to make its fleet more fuel-efficient and delivering...
BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire
LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly...
Dreamliner set to fly in a week as Boeing fixes battery
TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Boeing began installing reinforced lithium-ion battery systems on five 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to...
Thomas Cook to cut 2,500 jobs in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Travel firm Thomas Cook said it would cut 2,500 UK jobs and close 195 stores in Britain as the euro crisis, high fuel costs and unrest in...
Striking Iberia workers protest against job cuts
MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of workers facing pay and job cuts at loss-making Spanish airline Iberia on Monday staged a second wave of protests that could ground nearly 1,300 flights...