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Rolls-Royce losses double as virus hits aviation sector

British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday that net losses more than doubled last year to £3.2 billion as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the aviation sector and forced it to axe thousands of jobs.

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Pandemic savages airline sector

Dizzying losses, the looming threat of bankruptcies and tens of thousands of people thrown out of work: the aviation industry has been devastated by COVID-19 and there is still no light at the end of the tunnel. The sector ...

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Slow takeoff for aviation in Europe

After coronavirus lockdowns that brought civil aviation to nearly a complete halt air traffic is slowly resuming in Europe as borders reopen, but tens of thousands of jobs are still hanging in the balance.

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