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Ryanair would be willing to raise its offer for rival Aer Lingus but would not wage a prolonged battle if shareholders in Ireland’s former state airline continue to oppose the deal.

A technical malfunction shut Frankfurt international airport for nearly an hour on Thursday 22nd Jan, causing the cancellation of 75 flights as well as the re-routing of 25 inbound flights to other airports, authorities said.

Passenger traffic at Singapore’s Changi Airport grew 2.7 percent last year, its slowest growth in five years as the economic slowdown begins to hurt travel and aviation, the Straits Times.

Campaigners against the expansion of Heathrow unveiled a 1.5 billion-pound ($2.12 billion) plan to improve the airport’s rail links to ease traffic congestion and cut the number of short-haul flights.

The number of passengers travelling through European airports in December fell 7.7 percent year-on-year and is seen down more than 8 percent in January, the head of airports body ACI Europe said on Friday.