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Saturday, 22 July 2017

BBC News

• Princess pushes buttons on helicopter tour in HamburgPrincess Charlotte and her family ended their visit to Germany with a visit to an Airbus factory.
• Holiday flight departs after 38-hour delayA flight from Aberdeen to Portugal has finally taken off after being delayed since early on Thursday morning.
• Happy travellingThe government is consulting on a new strategy which puts the consumer

Financial Times

• Amateur drone pilots face flight safety test in UKRising number of near-misses with aircraft prompts proposal for tighter regulation

The Guardian

• UK airspace faces busiest ever day as big summer getaway beginsAir traffic controllers say they are close to their limit as record 2.4 million UK holidaymakers head overseasUK air traffic controllers were expecting to handle more than 8,800 flights on Friday – the busiest day on record for UK airspace – while millions take to the roads as the summer school holidays begin for many pupils.A record 2.4 million UK holidaymakers will be heading overseas, according to the travel association Abta. Continue reading...
• Unaccompanied child taken off overbooked easyJet flight at GatwickAirline begins investigation after 15-year-old was removed from plane to Toulouse and left alone at departure gateEasyJet has opened an investigation after an unaccompanied child was removed from an overbooked flight from London Gatwick.The 15-year-old was taken from his seat on flight EZY8333 to Toulouse on Thursday morning, and left alone at the departure gate. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Video: Air traffic controllers prepare for record number of flights in single dayThe UK’s leading air traffic control service has revealed it is preparing for the busiest day ever in the skies above the UK as it expects to handle a record-breaking 8,800 flights in and out of the country today.
• Flight delayed for 38 hours finally leaves Aberdeen AirportA flight bound for Portugal has finally left a Scottish airport after a delay of more than 38 hours.

The Scotsman

• UK airports prepare for ‘busiest day in history’Air traffic controllers are dealing with the busiest day in UK aviation history.

The Telegraph

• Unaccompanied child taken off EasyJet plane and left at gate after flight is overbooked
• Prince George follows in father's footsteps in helicopter pilot's seat as Princess Charlotte coaxed back into good spirits after tumble

Times Online

• Ryanair ready to cut flights from UK [Subscription]Ryanair will drop its flights between Britain and the EU if London and Brussels fail to agree on terms for post- Brexit air travel by September 2018, a senior executive said yesterday.
• Record number of flights prompts warnings over lack of UK airspace [Subscription]Britain had its busiest day in the skies yesterday as air traffic controllers warned that planes were running out of airspace.
• Airline laptop ban on flights from Middle East and north Africa to be scrapped within week [Subscription]A ban on the use of laptops on flights from the Middle East and north Africa will be scrapped as early as next week, to be replaced by tough security measures at the airport departure gate.
• Drone pilots must prove they know safety rules and register online [Subscription]Drone owners will be forced to sit safety tests after government research confirmed that an unmanned device could bring down a passenger jet.

Mail Online

• EasyJet kick 15-year-old boy off flight to Toulouse Schoolboy Casper Read, from Worthing, West Sussex, had just got on the easyJet plane at London Gatwick when he was told to leave after the flight to Toulouse was overbooked.
• Pilot jailed for trying to fly illegal migrants into UK In the first prosecution of its kind, David Green, 54, and Edward Buckley, 46, were accused of being members of ‘an extensive network of English people smugglers’.
• Jet2 airline charges you to bring on hand luggage Jet2 introduced a fee to ‘guarantee’ that cabin baggage does not go in the hold and prices start at £2.59 per person per bag each way, so a couple would add at least another £10 to their fare.

This is Money

• Airport snoops on the mobile phones of travellers London Southend Airport in Essex is using mobile phone technology to monitor where locals are flying as it embarks on an ambitious strategy to reach 2.5m customers by 2018.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Manchester Airport starts �1bn 'super-terminal' work today and this is what it will look likeThe airport - popular with North Wales passengers - is investing in the new facilities

London Evening Standard

• Passengers left stranded at Gatwick Airport after parking company goes bustA police investigation has been launched after travellers who left their cars with a meet-and-greet parking firm at Gatwick Airport returned to find the company had gone bust.

Northern Echo

• Boss says airport is key to North-East economy post-Brexit AIRPORT bosses are calling on the Government to put the North-East at the heart of its new strategy for the skies to safeguard the region’s economy in a post-Brexit world.

Other Regional Press

• 'You're well served by helicopters' - minister's response to concerns on coastguard aircraft coverageA GOVERNMENT minister has attempted to calm fears over the gap in coastguard helicopter coverage in Dorset following the loss of the Portland aircraft.

C.N.N.

• JetBlue passenger gets an in-flight feet surpriseForget

Buying Business Travel

• US ends laptop ban on Middle East flightsDepartment of Homeland Security lifts ban on final airport
• Government opens consultation on future of aviationPublic asked for views as work begins on Manchester airport’s £1 billion “super terminal”

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Government sets out vision for future of UK aviation (Image Source: Parliament UK) Shaping aviation to help boost economic growth, connectivity and skills will be at the centre of a new strategy to prepare the industry for the next three decades and beyond, the government has announced. The public are being asked to have their say on how this vital sector should respond to a range of technological, security, environmental and customer service challenges. It also looks at how the government can support future growth in an industry which directly supports 240,000 jobs and contributes at least £22 billion to the UK economy each year. Tran...

Aviation Industry

• AEF calls for halt to Heathrow expansion as Government launches call for evidence on aviation strategy​Embargoed until 00:01 on Friday 21 July 2017  Contact: Tim Johnson// tim@aef.org.uk// 07710 381742 Anticipating tomorrow’s launch of an 18-month process to develop an aviation strategy for the UK, beginning with a call for evidence, AEF[1] has responded with disbelief …
• Philippine Airlines takes first Bombardier Q400Philippine Airlines (PAL) has taken delivery of its first dual-class, 86-seat Bombardier Q400 in Toronto, Canada. read more