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Friday, 24 June 2016

Mail Online

• Heathrow airport third runway plans are a 'rip off' says BA boss Willie Walsh, chief executive of the firm that owns British Airways, suggested that it would be more efficient to extend one of the existing runways instead.

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow Airport presses expansion case as passengers pour inThe number of passengers passing through Heathrow's terminals this year is set to climb 0.7% to 75.5 million, the London airport has said, strengthening its case for expansion.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• BAE Systems selects software from AEB to enhance export controlsBAE Systems – one of the leading aerospace, defence, and security companies in the world – has launched a major IT transformation project in its UK Military Air & Information (MAI) division and selected software solution provider AEB as its partner to standardise and optimise global trade management systems. In 2012, the MAI division of BAE Systems at the Warton and Samlesbury sites in Lancashire, United Kingdom, kicked-off a major project to enhance its existing global trade management system and thus the efficiency of its export controls compliance. The MAI’s export o...

Aviation Industry

• Airlines cancel flights as French air traffic controllers strikeBA, Easyjet and Ryanair warn of a day of disruption

Other News Sources

• BA boss threatens to pull flights from Gatwick if expansion is approved THE boss of the firm which owns British Airways has threatened to reduce its flights at Gatwick if the airport is given permission to expand.