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Thursday, 26 July 2012

BBC News

• Justine Greening concerned by airport security breach [video]An eleven-year-old boy has succeeded in boarding a flight for Rome from Manchester airport without a ticket, passport or boarding pass.
• Tracking system sold to airportItaly's second largest airport adopts a high-tech passenger tracking system developed by a Scottish company.
• May urged to relax border checksBorder checks should be relaxed to prevent three hour queues at airports - now that the

Financial Times

• Easyjet upgrades as fuel costs fallUK carrier upgrades full-year forecast after poor summer weather pushed up passenger costs and drop in fuel prices buoyed pre-tax profits
• BAA revenue rises ahead of OlympicsHeathrow airport continues to defy critics over London 2012 traffic but is bracing itself for ˜biggest peacetime transport challenge™ on Thursday

The Guardian

• BAA says Stansted airport will rebound when UK economy recovers Operator awaits ruling on airport's forced sale and says its fall in passenger numbers reflects poor consumer confidence

The Independent

• Urgent investigation launched after 11-year-old boy flies alone to Rome without passport or boarding passMinisters have launched an urgent investigation following a catalogue of security errors which allowed a boy of 11 to fly alone to Rome after boarding a flight at Manchester Airport without a passport, boarding card or money.

The Telegraph

• BAA: Forced sale of Stansted will 'discourage' foreign investorsHeathrow-owner BAA has cautioned that Britain is at risk of discouraging foreign investment in UK infrastructure.
• Relax checks to cut 'unacceptable' three hour airport queues, say MPsStrict security checks on all passengers should be relaxed in order to cut
• Boy, 11, stows away on flight from Manchester to Rome with no passportA government inquiry is under way after an 11-year-old schoolboy, Liam Corcoran, flew from one of the country's busiest airports to Europe on his own without a passport, ticket or boarding pass.

London Evening Standard

• The third runway debate is back, and it’s all about greed It won’t lie down. Like some ancient vampire, the “third runway at Heathrow” is the living dead. Born of greed and sucking lobbying cash into its veins, its coffin is hammered shut time and again. Yet come the fall of dusk over west London, with much creaking and howling, it slinks back on stage.
• Court to rule in BAA battle to keep Stansted Airport A court will rule today in the latest round of a battle over the sale of Stansted Airport.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Air scare for 58 as flight is aborted A flight from Inverness to Amsterdam had to be aborted 10 minutes after take-off yesterday when one of the aircraft™s engines malfunctioned.

Aviation Industry

• Easyjet sees dip in demand for OlympicsBut no-frills carrier expects market to recover quickly and make higher profits this year
• Border Agency union calls off pre-Olympics strikeUnion cancels industrial action which would have affected passengers arriving for the games

Other News Sources

• Heathrow will cope, CEO says LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Heathrow airport operator BAA has coped well with the influx of passengers flying into London for the Olympics and is confident it will handle the busiest day of Games flight arrivals so far on Thursday, its CEO said.
• Heathrow strike called off for Olympics Last-minute talks have prevented a meltdown at Britain's largest airport as the union representing border staff agreed not to strike tomorrow.