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Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Times Online

• Airlines must be forced to be fair on fuel surcharges [Subscription]As millions of Brits head off on their summer holidays it is clear that many are being taken for a ride by their airlines. That’s the only way to describe the fuel surcharges they impose. Introduced to combat high oil prices, they are a relic of an energy market that no longer exists.

Birmingham Post

• New Birmingham Airport service fails to take off Irish airline falls foul of authorities after it did not secure a licence to operate routes between Birmingham and Republic of Ireland

Other Regional Press

• Stansted Airport welcomes Government strategy to make full use of existing runway capacityBusiness leaders in Essex have welcomed Government proposals to make best use of existing airport runway capacity across the UK.
• No respite from Cranford for another FOUR YEARS as Heathrow says it needs to rethink its plansHeathrow Airport says that, despite winning an appeal on the scrapping of the Cranford Agreement, it will not go ahead as planned with new taxi-ways but will go back to the drawing board and come up with a new proposal in 2019.

Buying Business Travel

• Easyjet plans to take on 1,200 cabin crewAirline plans to employ majority of new staff at Gatwick

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• easyJet breaks record for peak summer travel day easyJet welcomed more than 264,500 customers travelling on 1,700 flights across its network last Friday (21st July). This compares to 2016’s peak summer travel day on 2nd September when more than 255,000 customers flew across the network. In the UK alone, over 147,800 customers are set to fly to or from easyJet’s UK airports on 969 flights with Mallorca, Malaga, Faro and Alicante topping the list of favourite sunshine destinations this summer. Sophie Dekkers, easyJet’s UK Country Director said: “Year after year the summer getaway continues to grow and this year is n...

Aviation Industry

• Boeing forecasts need for 2.1 million new airline personnel by 2036Boeing projects the world’s commercial aviation industry will require at least 2.1 million new operational personnel—pilots, technicians and cabin crew—by 2036. read more
• UK issues new drone rules; releases collision test dataThe UK Department for Transport (DfT) and UK CAA are tightening their unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) rules, just as research was released on the potential collision damage to commercial aircraft. read more
• Boom urges early US supersonic standardSupersonic-airliner startup Boom Technology believes sufficient research has been conducted for FAA to set a reasonable sonic boom standard that would allow civil supersonic flight over US land within a few years. read more

Other News Sources

• Airport first to use phone data to influence routesSOUTHEND Airport is using mobile phone data to find out about our dream holiday destinations as it pushes forward with ambitious expansion plans.