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Sunday, 08 July 2012

The Telegraph

• Tories call for third and fourth runway at HeathrowA group of influential Conservative MPs says that creating a new aviation hub in west London is the cheapest and fastest solution to an impending

Reuters News

• Airshow: How plane giants descended into global FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) - Airbus and Boeing head into next week's Farnborough Airshow locked in their fiercest market share battle for up to a decade, slashing prices to win key orders for their latest narrowbody jets and storing up potential trouble for future profit margins.

Birmingham Mail

• 'High tea' party at Birmingham Airport's new traffic control towerNOW this is really high tea!

Carlisle News & Star

• 'New Carlisle airport plans should be scrapped' - farmer The Irthington farmer who scuppered plans to redevelop Carlisle Airport says the latest proposals should have been turned down too.

Aviation Industry

• Boeing hard on the tail of Airbus in race for ordersThe European manufacturer's lead over the US firm looks likely to be slashed this year as it introduces new aircraft Boeing versus Airbus is one of the corporate world's greatest and most visible corporate rivalries, a set-to between producers of world-class aircraft that transport millions of people around the globe every day.