<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
         xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
         xmlns:syn="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
         xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/">




    



<channel rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/airlines/aggregator/RSS">
  <title>Air Transport in the EU</title>
  <link>http://www.eubusiness.com</link>
  
  <description>
    
       Latest news on air transport from the European Union - from EUbusiness.com.
       
  </description>
  
  
  
            <syn:updatePeriod>daily</syn:updatePeriod>
            <syn:updateFrequency>1</syn:updateFrequency>
            <syn:updateBase>2007-05-28T16:20:16Z</syn:updateBase>
        
  
  <image rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/logo.jpg"/>

  <items>
    <rdf:Seq>
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/asia-europe-climate.f4w"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/syria-politics.f1m"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-airline.f0y"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-aviation.ezq"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-aviation.ezc"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/india-russia.eyq"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/hungary-airline.exv"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-airline.ets"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.ejc"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-netherlands.eit"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/hungary-competition.efy"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-airline.ee5"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-airline.edz"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-china-airline.ebl"/>
        
        
            <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.eaa"/>
        
    </rdf:Seq>
  </items>

</channel>

    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/asia-europe-climate.f4w">        <title>Aviation industry warns of trade war over EU carbon tax</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/asia-europe-climate.f4w</link>        <description>World aviation bosses warned Monday of a potential trade war over a carbon tax imposed by the European Union, which expressed readiness to compromise while insisting on its environmental agenda.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Airbus</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Europe</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Singapore</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Asia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aerospace</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-13T11:30:34Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/syria-politics.f1m">        <title>EU mulls Syria flight ban, plans for possible evacuations</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/syria-politics.f1m</link>        <description>The European Union is making contingency plans in case it needs to
evacuate EU citizens from Syria and is mulling a ban on flights into and
out of the country, senior officials said Wednesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Syria</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>unrest</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>sanctions</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-08T12:57:06Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-airline.f0y">        <title>Lufthansa seeks EUR 1.5bn profit boost</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-airline.f0y</link>        <description>German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday it planned to boost earnings
sustainably by at least 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) by 2014.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Lufthansa</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>structure</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-07T14:03:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-aviation.ezq">        <title>EU 'not backing down' on airline emissions in Chinese row</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-aviation.ezq</link>        <description>The European Commission said Monday it will stand by a new law that imposes charges on airline carbon emissions after China banned its carriers from paying for such permits.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>commission</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-07T11:29:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-aviation.ezc">        <title>China bans airlines from paying EU carbon charges</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-aviation.ezc</link>        <description>China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-06T15:43:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/india-russia.eyq">        <title>India, Russia, US, China plan anti-carbon tax talks</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/india-russia.eyq</link>        <description>India, Russia, the United States, China and other countries will meet in
Moscow this month to decide whether to retaliate against the EU's
decision to impose a carbon tax on air travel, a report says.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>India</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-04T11:41:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/hungary-airline.exv">        <title>Hungarian airline Malev grounded after 66 years</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/hungary-airline.exv</link>        <description>Hungary's national airline Malev, which has been making losses for years, was grounded Friday almost a month after the European Union said the carrier had to pay back state aid.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Malev</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Hungary</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>bankruptcy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-03T15:43:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-airline.ets">        <title>Delta, Air France, Alitalia face EU anti-trust probe</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/competition-airline.ets</link>        <description>European regulators opened Friday an anti-trust probe into a cooperation deal between Delta, Air France-KLM and Alitalia on flights between the United States and Europe.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Alitalia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>AirFrance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Delta</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline2</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-29T13:10:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.ejc">        <title>EU, US meet as fresh Airbus sanctions loom</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.ejc</link>        <description>US and European officials held crunch talks in Geneva on Friday, in an effort to stop a long-running aerospace trade war from escalating via fresh multi-billion dollar US sanctions against Europe.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Airbus</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Boeing</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>dispute</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>US</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>trade</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aerospace</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline2</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>WTO</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-13T23:10:48Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-netherlands.eit">        <title>Air France-KLM announces EUR 1bn cost-cutting plan</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-netherlands.eit</link>        <description>Air France-KLM said Thursday it would implement a three-year
cost-cutting plan, including wage freezes and investment reductions,
aimed at saving at least one billion euros ($1.3 billion) and reducing
its debt.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>KLM</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>AirFrance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-12T21:12:56Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/hungary-competition.efy">        <title>EU orders Hungary to recover aid from Malev airline</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/hungary-competition.efy</link>        <description>The European Commission ordered Hungary on Monday to recover aid granted to national airline Malev, saying the tens of millions of euros in financing were illegal.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Malev</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Hungary</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>competition</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-09T13:03:17Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-airline.ee5">        <title>EU stands firm on airline emissions despite Chinese fury</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-airline.ee5</link>        <description>The European Union refused Thursday to back down from a disputed airline emissions fee despite China's refusal to pay the new charge to land in Europe.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>commission</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-06T11:47:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-airline.edz">        <title>Chinese carriers 'won't pay' EU carbon charge</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-airline.edz</link>        <description>Chinese airlines will not pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union from January 1, a national aviation industry group said on Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline2</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-05T11:14:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-china-airline.ebl">        <title>Airlines face EU pollution bill from New Year</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-china-airline.ebl</link>        <description>Airlines will have to buy pollution permits to fly in Europe from January 1 under a disputed EU system to fight climate change, but slumping carbon market prices could make the bill less painful.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>US</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>airline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>warming</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-12-29T10:07:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.eaa">        <title>Airbus aid dispute: EU, US talks in January</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.eaa</link>        <description>The United States and the European Union will hold talks in January after Washington accused EU governments of failing to eliminate illegal subsidies to Airbus, trade officials said Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Airbus</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Boeing</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>US</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>trade</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aerospace</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>dispute</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>WTO</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-12-22T16:02:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




</rdf:RDF>

