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Friday, 25 November 2016

BBC News

• Belfast Airport boss criticises Tourism IrelandThe head of Belfast International Airport tells the Irish Prime Minister Belfast should become the gateway to Ireland, The View learns.
• Heathrow third runway 'to breach climate change laws'Plans to expand Heathrow Airport are set to breach the government’s climate change laws, advisers warn.

Financial Times

• Heathrow runway hit by carbon limits warningClimate change advisers says project could blow hole in binding emissions goals
• Kenya Airways chief executive steps downChairman had recently said Mbuvi Ngunze was vital to restructuring efforts

The Guardian

• Fuel rationing at Melbourne airport disrupts flightsSome international departures make fuel stops at other airports after shortages triggered ‘immediate and deep’ rationing

Times Online

• Third runway ‘may breach targets’ [subscription]The case for building a third runway at Heathrow has been called into question by the government’s advisers.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• World's newest jet Airbus A350-1000 launches this morning The longest plane in the A350 collection launched at Toulouse this morning

London Evening Standard

• Zac Goldsmith claims his election as MP halted third runway at Heathrow AirportZac Goldsmith has said Heathrow’s third runway would already be under construction if he had not been elected to Parliament in 2010.

Aviation Industry

• ATW Photo Gallery: Airbus A350-1000 completes first flightThe first Airbus A350-1000 test aircraft made its first flight at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France Nov. 24. The first flight lasted four hours and 18 minutes. 

Other News Sources

• Brexit Dominates London Vote That Was Meant to Be About HeathrowA special election in southwest London triggered by a dispute over airport expansion has become the first electoral test of Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of Britain’s divorce from the European Union.