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Friday, 06 July 2012

BBC News

• Tourists face extra Spanish taxHolidaymakers in Spain this summer are facing a surprise new airport tax imposed by the Spanish government as it tries to balance its books.
• Air fares to include card feesTwelve airlines, including Easyjet and Ryanair, agree to include debit card charges in air fares, rather than at the end of the booking process.

The Herald

• Airlines to scrap last-minute feesTwelve airlines “ including easyJet and Ryanair “ will no longer spring last-minute fees on customers paying by debit card, the consumer watchdog has revealed.

The Telegraph

• Airlines forced to scrap 'surprise' debit card charges Low-cost airlines, including easyJet and Ryanair, have been ordered to include charges for paying by debit card in tickets’ headline prices to show the true cost of flying with them.
• Airbus's US move highlights redefinition of globalisation It is some achievement to annoy unions in both Europe and the US in the same week, but Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer, has managed it.
• Border Force 'still failing' on Heathrow queues as Olympics draw near Britain’s Border Force is still missing its own targets on cutting immigration queues at Heathrow just weeks ahead of the start of the Olympic Games, figures showed last night.

This is Money

• End to Ryanair debit card tricks as budget airlines forced include payment fee in ticket priceBudget airlines including Ryanair and easyJet have agreed to include the cost of paying by debit card in the headline price of tickets - ending a scam that made it almost impossible to pay for tickets without a charge

London Evening Standard

• British Airways takeover of BMI puts booming cities on the route mapBritish Airways is to launch vital œtrade routes� to the growing economies of the Far East and Latin America despite losing its battle for a third Heathrow runway.
• easyJet, Ryanair, and ten other airlines will have to include hidden debit card charges in headline ticket priceTwelve airlines - including easyJet and Ryanair - will no longer spring last-minute fees on customers paying by debit card, the consumer watchdog revealed today.
• British Airways flies into privacy storm over Google identity checks on passengersBritish Airways today faced a backlash from privacy campaigners after it revealed plans to use the internet to create œdossiers� on passengers.

Yorkshire Post

• Airlines to end surprise debit card surchargesTwelve airlines – including easyJet and Ryanair – will no longer spring last-minute fees on customers paying by debit card, the consumer watchdog revealed.

Aviation Industry

• Airlines to include debit card fees in pricesA group of 12 carriers agree to display fees within the headline fare
• BA expects Olympics dip for premium travel Carrier warns on "softness" for premium cabins due to the games