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4 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Gaps will start to appear on British supermarket shelves within days if transport ties with mainland Europe are not quickly restored, the UK’s two biggest grocers warned on Monday. Freight from France is being disrupted as part of a wider suspension of travel links with Britain to try to curb a new faster spreading strain of COVID-19. The French government has closed its border to arrivals from Britain for 48 hours, which means no lorries can leave the English po...

French aerospace firms face industrial tensions over job cuts Reuters 12/22/2020 TOULOUSE, France, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Job losses are rippling through the French aerospace supply chain, prompting sporadic strike action in the traditionally strife-free sector as unions warn of Christmas redundancy notices. In the village of Mondouzil near Toulouse, 20 employees of precision machining company Cauquil have staged strikes for the first time over the loss of 35 out of 76 posts. Growth in demand for...

* Tesco, Sainsbury’s warn of risk to veg and fruit supplies * UK PM Johnson says France keen to resolve issue quickly * Shares in UK supermarket groups close lower (Adds Tesco comment) LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Gaps will start to appear on British supermarket shelves within days if transport ties with mainland Europe are not quickly restored, the UK’s two biggest grocers warned on Monday. Freight from France is being disrupted as part of a wider suspension of travel links with Britain to t...

Message : Required fields (Reuters) - Boeings 737 MAX is set to return to the skies in Canada with a local twist in the cockpit, after Ottawa became the last major Western regulator to lift a 20-month safety ban. Small print in Thursdays Transport Canada announcement sheds light on a regulatory split over the use of a less common tactic to overcome cockpit distractions, deepening international disunity over the lessons from two fatal crashes. Transport Canada joined the U.S. Federal Avia...

* Rule differs from U.S. conditions for return of 737 MAX * Canada will maintain bigger role in future approvals -official * Foreign regulators increasingly weigh in on plane approvals Dec 18 (Reuters) - Boeing’s 737 MAX is set to return to the skies in Canada with a local twist in the cockpit, after Ottawa became the last major Western regulator to lift a 20-month safety ban. Small print in Thursday’s Transport Canada announcement sheds light on a regulatory split over the use of a less co...

Analysis-Debate over pulling fuses widens regulatory cracks on 737 MAX Toggle share menu Advertisement Analysis-Debate over pulling fuses widens regulatory cracks on 737 MAX Boeings 737 MAX is set to return to the skies in Canada with a local twist in the cockpit, after Ottawa became the last major Western regulator to lift a 20-month safety ban. Small print in Thursdays Transport Canada announcement sheds light on a regulatory split over the u...

3 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has found buyers for six aircraft from the A320neo family rejected by one of its main customers, Malaysia’s AirAsia, as it works off a surplus left by the coronavirus crisis, industry sources said. Slideshow ( 2 images ) Unwanted jets have become an emblem of pandemic-induced problems in the aerospace industry that have come on top of a chill in ties between two of its major players. Tensions became unusually public when Airbus in April invited tenders for ...

Exclusive-U.S., EU deal on aircraft subsidies should include China clause -USTR By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder Senate Finance Committee hearing on U.S. trade on Capitol Hill in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Europe should agree to cooperate in opposing any future “hurtful” subsidies used by China to build up its commercial aircraft industry, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Reuters in an interview. Lighthizer said he was working to s...

Boeing hires pilots for airlines to help relaunch 737 MAX, sources say "We continue to work closely with global regulators and customers to safely return the 737-8 and 737-9 to service worldwide," a Boeing spokeswoman said. Written By: Eric M. Johnson / Reuters | 4:27 pm, Dec. 16, 2020 × Grounded Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft are shown parked at Victorville Airport in Victorville, California, March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo SEATTLE, Dec 16 (Re...

Exclusive: Boeing hires pilots for airlines to help relaunch 737 MAX - sources Reuters 16/12/2020 By Eric M. Johnson © Reuters/LINDSEY WASSON FILE PHOTO: Grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked at Boeing Field in Seattle By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co is hiring up to 160 pilots to be embedded at airlines in its latest bid to ensure its 737 MAX has a smooth comeback after a 20-month safety ban, according to a recruitment document seen by Reuters ...