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An Estonian Air Boing 737-300 (ES-ABJ) seen at Copenhagen wearing a special "Tallinn European Capital of Culture 2011" livery. (Photo by Eduard Heisterkamp via Wikipedia)

Estonian Air Cuts Itself In Half To Avoid Insolvency

Estonian Air on Tuesday announced it will be forced to fire nearly half of its employees and cut flights to 10 or fewer core destinations.
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Reflection of an Icelandair Boeing 757 in an Amsterdam Schiphol window.

EU Suspends Controversial Air Travel Carbon Tax

The European Commission on Monday announced it will suspend enforcing its controversial carbon tax on air travel until at least autumn 2013.
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Burning wreckage of the helicopter as shown on a local TV station.

Atlanta Police Helicopter Crash Kills Two Officers

An Atlanta police helicopter searching for a missing boy crashed in the city's northwest late Saturday, killing the two officers on board.
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Screen showing air traffic over Spain.

Air Travel Growth Strong In Asia and Middle East But Remains Flat Overall

The slowdown in global air travel growth continued in September according to new figures released by the IATA.
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A British Airways Boeing 777-300ER (G-STBF) pushes back from a gate at Heathrow. (Photo by Ken Iwelumo via wikimedia)

Chinese Government Buys Stake In London Heathrow Airport Operator

China Investment Corporation has purchased a 10 percent stake in the firm that owns London's Heathrow Airport for approximately $727 million.
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