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British engine maker Rolls-Royce said on April 9 it has sold German division L'Orange for 700 million euros ($860 million) to U.S. group Woodward.

British insurer Aviva is considering acquisitions in Poland and Turkey, its chief executive said on March 8, as it reported a 2 percent rise in operating profit and said it planned to return 500 million pounds ($695 million) to shareholders.

Comcast Corp, the biggest cable operator in the United States, has offered to pay $31 billion to buy Sky, the European pay-TV group that has agreed to be sold to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox.

Vodafone announced on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Athens-based Cyta Telecommunications Hellas SA for 118 million euros to expand its fixed line network in Greece.

At John Kennedy International Airport in New York, Virgin Atlantic Airbus A333 aircraft, which was preparing to take off for London, knocked a Boeing 777 airplane of Egypt Air with its right wing, , which in turn would fly to Cairo, US publications reported.

Airbus has hired the head of Rolls-Royce's civil engines unit, Eric Schulz, to replace veteran John Leahy and lead its commercial aircraft sales, following months of uncertainty over who would replace Leahy.

Rolls-Royce and Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey have signed a contract for the delivery of eight MTU Series 4000 engines for four new terminal tugs, including an option for a further four engines, Rolls-Royce said in a statement on Aug. 15. 

More than 670 flights of the British airline British Airways have been canceled because of a crash in the system, the news agencies reported.

EasyJet has secured an air operator's certificate in Austria that will enable it to keep flying across the EU after Brexit, the low-cost carrier said on July 20, and lifted earnings guidance.

British Airways was operating most of its flights from London's two largest airports on May 29 after a computer system failure stranded thousands of passengers over a holiday weekend and turned into a public relations disaster.

The airline planned to run more than 95 percent of flights from London Heathrow and Gatwick on Monday, Chief Executive Alex Cruz told Sky News.