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Saturday, 26 November 2016

BBC News

• UK revises safe flying drone codeThe UK's drone code has been revised and updated to help pilots of the unmanned craft ensure they fly the gadgets safely.
• Noise main issue in Edinburgh Airport flight path consultationAlmost 6,000 responses are submitted to a first consultation on changes to Edinburgh Airport's flight paths.
• 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.
• Lufthansa grounds long-haul flights as strike drags onMore than 100,000 Lufthansa passengers are facing disruption as a strike by pilots drags on for a third day.

Financial Times

• Striking Lufthansa pilots reject new pay offerGerman carrier cancels 2,755 flights but walkout on Sunday suspended

The Herald

• Only THREE councillors responded to Edinburgh Airport consultation requestJust 1% of councillors contacted over controversial plans to alter flight paths above Scotland's busiest airport responded to a consultation on the issue, a new publication shows.

The Scotsman

• Councillors snub Edinburgh Airport flight path consultationJust 1% of councillors contacted over controversial plans to alter flight paths above Scotland’s busiest airport responded to a consultation on the issue, a new publication shows.

The Telegraph

• Lufthansa pilots reject new pay offer from airline

Mail Online

• Luton Airport's passport control area is crowded due to staff shortages The hall at Luton Airport ahead of passport control was packed – because too few staff were manning the desks to let the crowds back into the country. The scene was pictured at 11pm on November 13.

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow Airport expansion 'may breach Government's own climate change laws'The third runway planned for Heathrow may breach the Government's own climate change laws if other sectors do not make big cuts to emissions, an independent advisory body has warned.
• Government backed Heathrow Airport third runway 'using old pollution data'Transport Secretary Chris Grayling today admitted the Government backed a third runway at Heathrow without fully understanding the implications of ground-breaking new evidence on vehicle emission standards.

Aviation Industry

• Government must prove that Heathrow expansion won’t breach climate legislation, say official climate advisersThe Chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, this week challenged the Government to come up with an answer on aviation emissions if it wants to go ahead with Heathrow expansion. Deben set out the Committee’s concerns in …