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Thursday, 29 September 2016

BBC News

• Labour MPs plan their own Heathrow voteLabour backbenchers plan to seek control of the party's aviation policy with their own vote on a third runway at Heathrow.
• Airlines see sharp rise in unruly passengers, says industry groupReports of passengers being verbally abusive or refusing to follow cabin crew orders rose by 17% in 2015, according to an industry group.

Financial Times

• May has backing in parliament to push through Heathrow expansionTheresa May has sufficient support in parliament to drive through the contentious expansion of Heathrow airport if she decides to put it to a vote next month, according to close allies.
• BA deepens ties with Qatar AirwaysTwo airlines seek a competitive edge against rivals with a partnership on revenues and flights
• Air Berlin to slash capacity in overhaulGerman group to cut fleet and operate aircraft for rival Lufthansa

The Guardian

• Plane rage: airlines report 17% rise in anti-social behaviourAlcohol or drug intoxication, increased security and reduced distance between seats blamed for sharp increase in bad behaviour in the skies in 2015Reports of unruly passengers disrupting airline flights have risen almost 17% worldwide in 2015, with incidents such as passengers being verbally abusive or refusing to obey cabin crew occurring on one out of every 1,205 flights, according to the international trade association for airlines. Some 10,854 plane rage incidents were reported to the International Air Transport Association by airlines in 2015 , up from 9,316 incidents in 2014, IATA said. ...

The Independent

• Labour MPs will try to sidestep Jeremy Corbyn to back Heathrow third runwayPro-expansion MPs frustrated by silence from party leader and his shadow Chancellor

Times Online

• Vote for third Heathrow runway is in the bag, PM toldTheresa May has been told that she will win parliamentary backing for a third runway at Heathrow, it was claimed last night.

London Evening Standard

• John McDonnell constituency ‘should be redrawn to exclude Heathrow Airport' say runway campaignersShadow chancellor John McDonnell’s west London constituency should be redrawn so it no longer includes Heathrow Airport, backers of a third runway said today. The pro-expansion Back Heathrow group has written to the Boundary Commission, which is reviewing the parliamentary map, to suggest that Hayes and Harlington be split up.

Aviation Industry

• Airberlin to wet-lease aircraft to Lufthansa as part of restructuringGerman carrier airberlin has released details of its restructuring plan, which hinges on placing up to 40 Airbus A320s with Lufthansa Group and reducing employee positions by up to 1,200. read more