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Friday, 28 October 2016

BBC News

• Bombardier brings forward Belfast redundanciesAerospace company with four plants in Northern Ireland plans to complete 1,080 redundancies 'within months'.

The Herald

• EasyJet boss confident of post-Brexit airspace deal between Britain and EUA director at budget airline easyJet said she is confident that a post-Brexit airspace deal can be reached between the EU and Britain - in light of the benefits to each economy.

Times Online

• Airports and ludicrous science of prediction - Letters [ Subscription]Sir, Your leader (Oct 26) reflects my long-held view that Heathrow may be an excellent airport but is simply in the wrong place.
• Plucked From Thin Air [ Subscription]When is a purported £147 billion benefit to the economy not a £147 billion benefit to the economy? Answer: when it turns out to have been based on unsafe assumptions and unrealistic predictions that experts warned about, in vain.
• Heathrow benefits are doubtful, advisers told airports commission [ Subscription]The official commission that recommended expanding Heathrow based its decision in part on economic models that its own advisory panel believed were questionable.
• The Heathrow effect and prices [subscription]What the airport expansion and other transport moves mean for you
• Dreadful Heathrow decision means more wasted years - THERESA VILLIERS [ Subscription]Looking at time and cost, Gatwick was a far better choice
• Aircraft emissions threaten UK’s ability to meet green targets [ Subscription]Severe restrictions will have to be placed on carbon emissions from cars, home heating and industry if Britain is to meet its green targets while expanding aviation capacity.
• Grayling’s sloping runway is an uphill struggle, say pilots [ Subscription]The transport secretary endorsed plans for a sloped runway at Heathrow over Britain’s busiest motorway yesterday, despite claims from pilots that it could pose problems for landing aircraft.

Belfast Telegraph

• 200 Bombardier staff to lose jobs this yearIt planned to slash 1,080 jobs in 2016 and 2017. Around half of those were supposed to go this year, with the remainder in 2017.

London Evening Standard

• Chris Grayling faces pollution grilling over new Heathrow runwayTransport Secretary Chris Grayling faces a grilling by MPs over whether a Heathrow third runway will cause more air pollution over London.
• Richmond Park: By-election announced for December 1 following Zac Goldsmith's resignation over 'catastrophic' Heathrow decisionThe Richmond Park by-election will be held on December 1 following Tory Mp Zac Goldsmith's shock resignation over the government's decision to build a third runway at Heathrow.

Newcastle Journal

• UK must face reality on climate impact of new Heathrow runwayWe can’t pretend that emissions from aircraft are somebody else’s problem, says climate and energy expert Richard Black

Yorkshire Post

• YP Letters: Heathrow plan shows North isn’t on Theresa May’s mapFrom: Karl Sheridan, Selby Road, Holme on Spalding Moor.

Buying Business Travel

• Qantas reveals new cabins and logoAustralian carrier unveils onboard seats for first Dreamliners

Aviation Industry

• Uber releases white paper on small aircraft taxi networkRidesharing company Uber has unveiled its vision for Uber Elevate, a network of small vertical-lift aircraft that would move passengers across congested cities faster than cars. read more

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