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Saturday, 23 April 2016

The Guardian

• How to spot a terrorist on your flight | Arwa MahdawiHaving someone with brown skin or speaking Arabic sitting next to you on the plane can be worrying – or it could just be Mile High Hysteria, inshallahThe skies are no longer a very friendly place to fly if you’re brown or “maybe-Muslim”. A few days ago, an Iraq-born researcher at UC Berkeley was removed from a Southwest Airlines plane for speaking Arabic. A passenger heard the guy end a phone call with “inshallah” and decided it must mean “this plane full of infidels is going down”. In reality inshallah (which translates as “God willing”) is a versatile Arabic phrase that can be used to mean e...

The Herald

• Airline launches new Edinburgh-Paris Orly serviceAir France-KLM Group’s low cost airline Transavia has launched its new Edinburgh-Paris Orly service.

The Scotsman

• Solar plane reaches point of no return over PacificA solar plane on an around-the-world journey has reached the point of no return over the Pacific Ocean after departing Hawaii, and now it is California or bust.

Daily Express

• Depraved Islamic State claims its CAPTURED a Syrian pilot after gunning down planeTHE barbaric Islamic State has claimed the capture of a Syrian pilot after shooting down a warplane.

Mail Online

• New airport scanners mean you don't need to remove your laptop or tablet from your bag� New security scanners are being trialled at Changi Airport in Singapore. The equipment is currently being trialled at two boarding gates but could be implemented across the board if successful.

Aviation Industry

• SWISS to start Bombardier CS100 operations July 15Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) expects to put its first Bombardier CSeries aircraft—a CS100—into service July 15 on its first commercial flight: LX638 from Zurich to Paris Charles de Gaulle. read more

Other News Sources

• Heathrow Airport 'drone' collision 'may have been plastic bag', says MP Transport minister Robert Goodwill told a House of Lords committee he was aware of 'speculation' the object could have been a bag flying in the wind