European aviation authorities urgently need to revise their airspace rules to minimise disruption from ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano, the airline industry body IATA said on Tuesday REUTERS said.
The International Air Transport Association said the current system was leading to the unnecessary closure of airspace, with a further 1,000 flights cancelled on Monday, May 17. More…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said a number of Ukrainian language TV channels broadcast via Russian satellites could be increased, Interfax-Ukraine said today. .
Medvedev said this at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kyiv on Monday.
The Russian president noted he had already raised the possibility of full broadcasting «in the Ukrainian language, More…

Unite, the union representing British Airways cabin crew, said it would go to court on Tuesday to seek to overturn a judge’s last-minute ruling that blocked a planned strike REUTERS said. 
The first of four five-day walkouts had been due to begin on Tuesday but was suspended after the court decision on Monday.
BA lawyers argued that Unite had broken the law on a technicality over the way it conducted the strike ballot.
Tony Woodley, joint head of the union, said the judge’s ruling was «unbelievable».
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