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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

BBC News

• Birmingham Airport calls for focus on regions The government is being urged to do more to promote regional airports rather than focusing on developing a hub airport in south-east England.
• Cardiff Airport regional hub pleaCardiff Airport has an important role in developing short-haul flights to Europe, says an expert, as a call is made for regional airports to ease the strain on Heathrow.
• Airport calls for regional focusThe government is being urged to do more to promote regional airports rather than focussing on developing a hub airport in south-east England.
• Gatwick boosted by passenger riseGatwick Airport has cut its pre-tax losses, helped by a rise in passenger numbers and new routes to the Far East including Hong Kong and China

Financial Times

• Anti-sleaze activist joins Aeroflot boardAlexei Navalny, a leading Russian opposition figure and blogger, is to use his new position to promote his corporate governance campaign
• Greening eyes four-runway hub airportThe transport secretary has raised the possibility that Britain may need a four-runway hub airport in the long-term, but voiced doubts that Heathrow could be the location
• Gatwick passenger numbers risePassenger numbers rose from 31.6m to 33.8m last year, helping to cut annual losses at the airport owned by Global Infrastructure Partners of Canada

The Guardian

• Airline chiefs slam government for blocking Heathrow expansion Aviation industry says stopping third runway was an 'easy, populist' decision and came at worst time for the economy

The Independent

• Heathrow told to stop moaning about capacity Gatwick boss says claims about aviation in London are harming the economy
• Call for action on aviation policyThe Government must aim for a secure and lasting aviation policy after

The Telegraph

• Justine Greening asks the killer question I don't want to make a habit of praising government ministers, having written earlier that David Cameron's speech on welfare reform was pretty decent. But hooray for Justine Greening. The Transport Secretary, who is also MP for Putney, is opposed to a third runway at Heathrow and refuses to rule out resigning if, as feared, the PM's guarantee on the subject turns out to be another promise that is about as much use as a chocolate teapot. In an interview with the Evening Standard she has the put the killer question to all those corporatist just-build-it CBI types who demand a 3rd runway.

Daily Express

• Far East flights boost Gatwick profitsNEW flights to the Far East's fast-growing economies have lifted profits and passenger numbers at Gatwick.

Liverpool Echo

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport have plans to combat fuel shortage fears from Stanlow refineryLIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport bosses set up contingency plans to avert any potential disruption caused by a fuel shortage.

Liverpool Post

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport sees off fuel shortage fearsLIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport bosses set up contingency plans to avert any potential disruption caused by a fuel shortage.

London Evening Standard

• Gatwick boss lashes out at Heathrow's capacity complaints The boss of Gatwick today blasted a warning at his Heathrow counterpart, saying moans about London’s strangled aviation capacity are damaging Britain’s business prospects and his base was enjoying strong growth from emerging markets.
• Justine Greening: Let's end this 'pub debate' over airport expansionTransport Secretary Justine Greening has accused airline bosses of engaging in a œpub style� debate about airport expansion ” and said the Victorians would be better at planning airports.
• Flight-path residents fear ˜noise all day™ if runway rules are changedResidents living under the Heathrow flight path today condemned plans that could mean tens of thousands more planes at the airport each year.
• Minister in shock warning on more Heathrow runwaysThe battle over Heathrow intensified today as Transport Secretary Justine Greening warned that a third runway may not even be enough to meet Britain™s growing demands for air travel.

Wales Online

• Focus on regional airports, not the Heathrow hub, finds reportTHE UK Government should focus on developing regional airports rather than concentrating on a hub in the southeast of England, a report has claimed.

Aviation Industry

• Gatwick benefits from passenger rise and new routes Sussex airport weathers the economic conditions as it adds flights to the Far East
• Heathrow™s third runway ˜must be considered™ by governmentAviation group calls for the government to end decades of ˜dithering™ and draw up long-term plan