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Friday, 21 October 2016

BBC News

• 24 hours beneath the Heathrow Airport flight pathReporter Divya Talwar spends 24 hours with a family living beneath the Heathrow flight path, for the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
• Heathrow flyers climb ahead of expansion decisionHeathrow reports record passengers for the first nine months of 2016 ahead of an imminent decision on UK airport expansion.

Financial Times

• Lufthansa shares jump as airline raises profit targetGerman group bounces back from July warning to lift mood in aviation sector
• Heathrow vows to curb charges during runway buildAirport seeks to reassure airlines about impact of �16.5bn investment

The Telegraph

• David Cameron warned by policy chief over Heathrow air quality 'problems'

This is Money

• Heathrow’s wealthy owners take £225m dividend despite £370m black hole appearing in airport’s retirement scheme Payouts were made to Spanish firm Ferrovial and a range of foreign investment funds who, own the majority of Heathrow, according to latest figures.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Airbus super-jumbo A380s could become giant 'pilgrimage planes' Malaysia Airlines wants to rent out aircraft to help Muslims reach Mecca during hajj

London Evening Standard

• Backlash at Ryanair plan to charge �6 to check in earlyLow-cost airline Ryanair has caused outcry after it announced plans to charge passengers �6 to check-in more than four days before a flight.
• Heathrow Airport pays out �225m to investors while asking for public cashHeathrow was caught in a financial row today just days before the Government is expected to give the go-ahead for a third runway.
• Heathrow Airport retirement pot falls into red after BrexitHeathrow's pension fund slid into deficit in the past 12 months due to the plunge in returns from bonds.

C.N.N.

• Airbus offers a peek at its flying taxiAirbus is developing an aircraft that can take off and land vertically. The vision is for Uber-like taxis that beat the traffic by flying over it.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• London City Airport appoints former I.T. guru as Chief Operating Officer London City Airport has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer, following the departure of Darren Grover.  Alison FitzGerald, who joined the airport in 2014 as Chief Information Officer, has been appointed internally as Grover’s successor and takes on responsibility for all operational areas of the business across the terminal and airfield. She will also retain responsibility for technology. Alison was previously CIO at the Financial Times, and spent 16 years at Abbey/Santander. She has been a Governor on the Board of the University of Bedfordshire since November...

Aviation Industry

• Alitalia switches to Sabre IT systemItalian flag carrier Alitalia has completed a major IT upgrade that involved switching its reservations system to a new provider, the airline said Oct. 19. read more