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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

BBC News

• London 2012: Transporting Olympic luggage [video]Pole vaults, kayaks and bikes. Just a few of the million pieces of sporting equipment being shipped in to stage the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Financial Times

• ANA grounds five Boeing Dreamliner planesJapanese airline™s move prompted by the discovery of a potential corrosion problem inside gearboxes on Rolls-Royce™s Trent 1000 engines

Mail Online

• Ryanair cuts routes to Spain in row over airport tax increase at Madrid and BarcelonaRyanair has cut three routes to Madrid and Barcelona and reduced capacity on 46 other flights after the Spanish government doubled the taxes to land at the two main city airports.

Birmingham Mail

• New Qatar service at Birmingham AirportBIRMINGHAM Airport is spreading its wings – with a new service to oil-rich Qatar.

Bristol Live

• The Post published Rise in passengers at airportArticle

London Evening Standard

• I’ve changed my mind — we do need a new airport The decision to delay the consultation on London’s airport capacity has provoked outcry and disappointment. As former transport spokesman for the Conservatives and a London MP, I recognise that there are no easy solutions. I think there is a solution — but it will involve compromise and vision.

Other Regional Press

• Gloucestershire Echo published Airport looks for lift-off with awardArticle

Aviation Industry

• Easyjet chairman will not take top role at BarclaysAirline continues to back Sir Michael Rake despite Stelios' calls for him to be removed from board
• Qatar Airways planning to start Birmingham flightsFeasibility studies also being carried out on two further UK routes
• British Airways abandons £250 million fundraising planAirline blames œlack of demand� from investors for decision to cancel bond issue
• UK airfares set to continue rising in 2013 - CWTBut buyers should benefit from lower hotel prices due to a post-Olympics dip in demand
• Ryanair blames Spain cuts on tax riseNo-frills airline follows rival Easyjet in cutting Spanish routes