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Saturday, 23 September 2017

BBC News

• CAA suspends Edinburgh Airport flight path reviewThe Civil Aviation Authority wants Edinburgh Airport to address
• Ryanair rowA controversial defence of the budget airline features in Northern Ireland's papers on Friday.

ITV News

• Thomas Cook pilots stage a 24-hour strike over payThomas Cook pilots are staging a 24-hour strike today in a dispute over pay after several days of talks failed to break the deadlock.

Financial Times

• Ryanair: Cryin’ AirOperating costs likely to increase as airline hires more crew in wake of cancelled flights
• Ryanair: Turbulent times for low-cost pioneerBudget airline’s pilot shortage could cost it €25m in compensation for cancelled flights — do its rivals risk a similar fate?

The Guardian

• Four passengers arrested after easyJet flight due to incident onboardPlane diverted and three men and a woman detained on suspicion of offences linked to being drunk onboard an aircraftThree men and a woman have been arrested after a flight to the UK from Barcelona was diverted following allegations of drunken and disruptive behaviour.The flight to Liverpool landed instead at Bristol and was met by police, who arrested two 29-year-old men, a 26-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man. Continue reading...
• Ryanair staff brand company a 'disgrace' over handling of issuesChief executive Michael O’Leary apologises for rostering error but staff group says they want to ‘stop this ridiculous circus’Ryanair was branded a “disgraceâ€� by a group of pilots after missing a deadline to respond to their demands for improved employment terms, as the risk of a full-blown labour dispute has now spread to cabin crew.As discontent among Ryanair staff threatened to boil over, chief executive Michael O’Leary reportedly issued an internal memo apologising for the company’s rostering error, which forced it to cancel up to 50 flights a day, affecting 315,000 passengers. Continue re...
• You hate Ryanair – but you will fly it againThe recent flights fiasco has upset travellers, but low prices mean they will keep on coming backHere are just a few of the hashtags that sprouted up on Twitter as Ryanair’s flights fiasco exploded on the internet: #BoycottRyanair, #ryanairareshit, #IhateRyanair, #RyanairAreRubbish, #RyanairNightmare, #1stflightonRyanairneveragain, #RyanairFails, #goodbyeRyanair. I could probably fill this whole column with variations on the theme.But you won’t say goodbye to Ryanair. You’ll fly it again – and the airline’s boss, Michael O’Leary, knows it. I was at his hastily arranged press conference in Dubl...

Times Online

• What you should know if you’re flying with Ryanair [Subscription]After a rush of cancelled flights, we navigate the alternative routes and compensation options
• Ryanair pays the price for ‘boo-boo’ on axing flights [Subscription]As Michael O’Leary rightly said, Ryanair’s handling of hundreds of cancelled flights has been a “major boo-boo”.

Mail Online

• easyJet passengers arrested for drunken behaviour This is the shocking moment a group holidaymakers were hauled off an easyJet flight from Liverpool to Barcelona for drunken behaviour.

The Mirror

• ISIS claim Charles de Gaulle Airport was evacuated because it planted bombs in the terminal The terror group made the chilling claim five days after a "direct security threat" sparked the sudden evacuation of a London-bound plane
• "Going off": Police officers board easyJet plane to haul off 'drunk' holidaymakers on UK-bound flightFootage captured on easyJet flight EZY7208 shows two policemen boarded the plane to speak to passengers as travellers watched on
• "I'd have murdered to make cash": Secrets of Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary's success as budget airline falters After decades of triumph, the tycoon came down to earth with a bump after the company hit turbulence when the axing of 2,000 flights wiped hundreds of millions off the Irish airline’s value

London Evening Standard

• Four passengers arrested after 'drunken incident' diverts easyJet flightFour "drunken" passengers have been arrested after they forced an EasyJet plane to divert to Bristol.

Buying Business Travel

• Ryanair develops contingency plansCEO hints at solutions at AGM
• Christmas strike threatened at HeathrowStaff reject holiday pay offer