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Wednesday, 22 March 2017

BBC News

• London-Paris electric flight 'in decade'A new start-up says it intends to offer an electric-powered commercial flight from London to Paris in 10 years.
• Flight ban on laptops 'sparked by IS threat'An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound flights, says US media.

Financial Times

• US and UK bar laptops on some Mideast flightsIntelligence officials point to threat from Yemen-based al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula
• High-tech airline terror threat alarms westAviation remains a principal target of groups such as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
• How will US laptop ban affect airline passengers?Most passengers are unaffected as measure only concerns direct inbound flights from 10 airports
• US ban deals blow to Middle East airlines and hubsLaptop restrictions threaten appeal of hub routes to lucrative business travellers

The Guardian

• UK-based airlines told to move to Europe after Brexit or lose major routesExclusive: Fears for UK jobs as EU officials say airlines will need to move base and majority of shareholders to fly routes within Europe

The Herald

• UK to ban electronic devices on flights from six Middle East countriesAirline passengers travelling to the UK from six countries in the Middle East and north Africa are to be banned from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices as cabin luggage, Downing Street has announced.

The Scotsman

• Scotland’s busiest airport that just ‘disappeared’It was hailed as one of the most modern airports in the world with paparazzi crowding its runways to snap royalty, footballers and celebrities as they landed in Scotland.

The Telegraph

• Germanwings suicide pilot's family claims it has fresh evidence that will clear his name

Birmingham Mail

• West Midlands mayor candidates disagree over whether Birmingham Airport needs a second runway Debate about whether Birmingham Airport needs a second runway becomes a major disagreement in West Midlands Mayor campaign.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Jet2 included in No10 laptop travel banCUSTOMERS with Jet2 are among airline passengers travelling to the UK from six countries in the Middle East and north Africa who are to be banned from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices as cabin luggage, Downing Street has announced.

London Evening Standard

• Anti-Heathrow expansion campaigners plan to step up third runway oppositionCampaigners against Heathrow expansion today launched a new coalition in a bid to step up their fight against a third runway.
• Electronics ban: UK announces ban on devices and laptops on planes from string of countries and airlinesPassengers from six Middle Eastern countries flying to the UK are being banned from bringing laptops and other electronic devices into plane cabins.

Get West London

• Protesters greet visitors to Heathrow public consultation in HammersmithCampaigners from handfnothirdrunway were outside the event at Hammersmith Town Hall earlier in the month

Aviation Industry

• FAA forecasts 2.4% annual passenger traffic growth through 2037Noting the US airline industry saw its seventh consecutive year of profitability in 2016, FAA is projecting the US will see a “competitive and profitable aviation industry characterized by increasing demand for air travel [with] airfares growing more slowly than inflation” over the next 20 years, according to the agency’s annual Aerospace Forecast for fiscal years 2017-3037. read more
• US & UK ban carry-on electronics, citing unspecified terrorist concernsIn the space of 24 hours, the US and UK issued directives barring passengers from taking personal electronic devices larger than a smartphone in their carry-on bags onboard certain flights. read more