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Ryanair steps up push into Germany

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc will add 10 new routes from Hamburg next summer as the low-cost giant seizes on a meltdown at Air Berlin Plc to offer 20 percent more flights in Germany in 2017. Ryanair will open a base in Hamburg next month, stationing two jets there and adding seven routes from the north German city to take the ...

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Costs of airline climate deal may be peanuts for passengers

  Bloomberg The proposed United Nations accord to limit pollution from international flights could cost airlines billions. For passengers, the price may be less than an in-flight glass of pinot noir. Airlines estimate the measure being debated this week in Montreal will cost the industry between $2.9 billion and $12.4 billion annually by 2030. Based on a handful of sample ...

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Barclays agrees to sell Egypt operations in $500mn deal

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc agreed to sell its Egyptian business to Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank as the British firm shrinks its global operations and speeds up the sale of unwanted assets. The deal will probably be completed by the end of this year, the London-based lender said in a statement. The disposal will boost the bank’s common equity Tier 1 ratio ...

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