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Tuesday, 03 October 2017

BBC News

• Qatar Airways chief's faith in Cardiff Airport serviceThe airline's chief says he resisted internal arguments not to pick Cardiff for new flight to Doha.
• Bombardier: Jeremy Corbyn urges PM to 'summon' BoeingLabour leader calls on Theresa May to do more to help prevent Boeing from pursuing US trade dispute.
• Monarch's rise and fall charts British holiday trendsFrom take-off to final grounding, the airline has seen the best and worst of times in the airline industry.

Financial Times

• Brussels wants Airbus-style battery consortiumEuropean companies to meet over plans to take on US and Asia in clean-energy technology
• UK launches biggest ever peacetime repatriation after Monarch collapseUK airline collapse leaves 110,000 stranded overseas and 750,000 bookings cancelled
• Ryanair traffic growth continues apace despite booking turbulence

The Guardian

• Ryanair pilots form unofficial union in battle with Michael O'LearyStaff seeking better employment terms coordinate action in attempt to circumvent chief's refusal to recognise unionsRyanair pilots have formed an unofficial trade union and are invoking the spirit of Winston Churchill in a battle with the chief executive, Michael O'Leary, over their employment terms.
• MH370's location an 'almost inconceivable' mystery' final reportInvestigators say re-analysis of satellite imagery has narrowed likely resting place to area of less than 25,000 sq kmAustralian investigators have delivered their final report on the disappearance of Malaysia airlines flight MH370, saying the inability to bring closure for victims families was a great tragedy and almost inconceivable in the modern age.

Times Online

• Monarch passenger rescue plan ‘hatched a month ago’ [Subscription]More than 700,000 air passengers caught up in the chaotic collapse of Monarch Airlines face losing hundreds of pounds as it emerged that the government knew the company was in serious trouble a month ago.
• Customers come first, O’Leary tells TDs [Subscription]Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, has refused to appear before the Oireachtas transport committee, saying that he must focus on customers.
• Heathrow Plan is Dead, Says John McDonnell [Subscription]Labour will oppose the expansion of Heathrow because the airport will never meet the party’s environmental tests, the shadow chancellor said.

Reuters News

• Britain aims to give go-ahead to new Heathrow runway by next year Britain is aiming to give the formal go-ahead to a third runway at Heathrow Airport in the first half of next year, transport minister Chris Grayling said on Monday.

City AM

• Conservative party conference: Heathrow expansion is ready for take-off, Chris Grayling confirmsPlease stow your hand luggage and put your seat in the upright position: the Heathrow expansion is finally about to take off.
• Monarch dethroned: Rival budget airlines’ shares take off as firm collapses and Greybull gets set to lose £170mMonarch collapsed into administration yesterday, affecting the journeys of 860,000 passengers in the largest UK airline failure in history.
• Monarch and Ryanair prove it’s time airlines did some blue sky thinkingThe aviation industry has never been guaranteed plain sailing (or flying), but it is hard to remember a time when its failures have been so prevalent in Britain’s news agenda.

Daily Express

• Heathrow Airport's third runway to get green light within MONTHS, Chris Grayling vowsTRANSPORT Minister Chris Grayling said that Britain is aiming to give the formal go-ahead to a third runway at Heathrow Airport in the first half of next year in a speech at the Manchester Conservative Party Conference.

Labour Party

• McDonnell Is Right: The Case Against Heathrow Expansion Is CompellingLiving just four miles from Heathrow focuses the mind on the ebb and flow of political re-positioning that seems to affect the Heathrow Expansion (HE) project.

Birmingham Mail

• Hundreds of Birmingham staff made redundant following collapse of airline Monarch Administrators KPMG confirm that 389 Birmingham staff have lost their jobs after Monarch goes bust

Birmingham Post

• This is what Birmingham Airport is saying about MonarchAirline was airport's third largest carrier but collapse has left tens of thousands stranded abroad

London Evening Standard

• Third Heathrow runway to be given go-ahead within months, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling saysA third Heathrow runway is set to be given the go-ahead within nine months, Chris Grayling signalled today.
• Monarch Airlines: Nearly 2,000 employees made redundant after firm's collapseNearly 2,000 employees have been made redundant as a result of the collapse of travel firm Monarch.

Manchester Evening News

• Hundreds of Manchester-based Monarch staff will be out of work before Christmas after airline went bust Pensions safe - but passengers pay tribute to 'top class Monarch professionals'

Other Regional Press

• Monarch Airlines enters administration and could affect up to 860,000 air passengers AN ESTIMATED 860,000 customers are affected by Monarch Airlines going into administration, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.

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Aviation Industry

• SIA Group, Lufthansa Group launch joint venture Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) and Lufthansa Group launched a joint venture (JV) covering flights between Singapore, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium Oct. 1. read more