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Sunday, 17 June 2012

BBC News

• Show to remember airport's ownerAn air show renamed in memory of pilot and Powys airport founder Bob Jones is set to go ahead in Welshpool.

Financial Times

• UK watchdog to look into Irish airlinesRyanair may be forced to sell its stake in Aer Lingus after a decision by the Office of Fair Trading to refer the matter to the Competition Commission

The Observer

• Airline industry faces grim years as gulf carriers take over the worldThe leaders of airlines from every continent jetted into Beijing last week, escorted by their hosts to a banquet in the very heart of China's political establishment – the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square. Given the red carpet treatment and majestic setting, few onlookers might have thought this was an industry in crisis. Yet when the talking started, the state of aviation was summed up in a word that belies the traditional macho swagger of airline bosses: fragile.

The Telegraph

• A flying lesson for HeathrowThe contrast between the breakneck speed at which Beijing airport has grown and the glacial expansion of Heathrow could not be more stark. Heathrow’s showpiece new terminal, which was supposed to be ready for the Olympics, is two years late and the prospect of the airport getting the third runway is further away than ever. Beijing, on the other hand, now boasts a three-runway airport which is already the busiest in Asia.

Daily Express

• BA faces revolt over high fliersBRITISH Airways' owner IAG faces a potential shareholder revolt at its annual meeting on Wednesday over executive pay and its decision not to put any of its directors up for re-election.

Mail Online

• Chub class: Airbus makes wider airline seat for fat flyers who will get an extra two inches...but slimmer travellers lose spaceSqueezing into a 'cattle class' airline seat is about to get a lot easier for the overweight traveller – but at the expense of more slimline passengers, after Airbus agreed to design extra-wide seats for its A320 jets.

Aviation Industry

• Delta aims to be seller of jet fuelDelta Air Lines plans to become a seller in the U.S. jet fuel market and push prices lower after acquiring a refinery in Pennsylvania, the airline's CEO Richard Anderson said Friday.

Other News Sources

• Icelandic Connections Return to StanstedWow Air and Iceland Express flight operations are launched this week between the capital Reykjavik and Stanstead Airport.
• ICAO and ACI Collaborate to Enhance Safety Standards at AirportsInternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Airports Council International (ACI), signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to provide a framework to jointly pursue the highest possible...