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Saturday, 07 October 2017

BBC News

• 'Like a communist regime'A pilot says colleagues are leaving the airline in a mass exodus due to a
• Ryanair boss offers pilots better pay and conditions to stayMichael O'Leary's offer comes after the airline cancelled thousands of flights in recent weeks.
• EasyJet sees record passenger numbersThe airline's full-year profits are expected to be £405m-£410m, at the upper end of estimates.
• First head rolls at Ryanair after pilot scheduling fiascoThe airline will bid farewell to operations manager who had ultimate responsibility for pilot rosters

ITV News

• Ryanair pilot tells ITV News flight cancellations could continue in 2018A current Ryanair pilot has told ITV News that flight cancellations could continue next year.

Financial Times

• Airbus braced for ‘turbulent’ spell over fraud caseAircraft maker’s chief warns staff of potential for ‘significant’ penalties
• US orders new tariffs on Bombardier jetsTrump administration elevates trade dispute with Canada and UK
• EasyJet flags upbeat profits despite hit from sterling
• Monarch customers at frontline of fallout from airline collapseHardest hit are those who booked flights with debit cards directly with carrier
• EasyJet posts record passenger numbers over summerProblems at rivals help low-cost carrier push profits to upper end of range
• European airlines: size is not everythingPicking a viable niche is a key factor, as demonstrated by smaller specialist operators
• Ryanair chief operations officer to leaveMichael Hickey departure follows rostering debacle at low-cost carrier

The Guardian

• The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last daysAs managers scrambled to save the firm, there were few clues anything was awry – it was even still holding recruitment daysIn the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more: almost 2,000 staff would be laid off and the travel plans of 860,000 passengers would be disrupted.Her concerns about toiletries aside, Shelley Matthews didn’t notice serious problems at the carrier, de...

The Herald

• British plane parts exporter faces 300 per cent tax on US importsAIRCRAFT parts manufacturer Bombardier is facing a 300 per cent levy for plane exports to the US, it has emerged.

Times Online

• O’Leary says sorry to Ryanair pilots[Subscription]Michael O’Leary has written a personal apology to Ryanair pilots after he suggested their job was “easy” and offered incentives in an effort to prevent further defections to other airlines.
• British Airways ‘misled’ customers on Atol travel protection [Subscription]Airlines including British Airways have been accused of misleading passengers by exaggerating the protection offered to stranded travellers.
• Government held Monarch bailout talks [Subscription]Government officials discussed a multimillion-pound bailout for Monarch days before the airline collapsed, The Times has learnt.
• Bombardier slapped with second tariff [Subscription]The trade dispute threatening 4,200 jobs in Belfast intensified last night as the US government hit Bombardier with a new punitive tariff.

Birmingham Post

• These are the airlines vying for Monarch's airport slots Jet2, the latest airline to enter the fray, announced on Friday it would add more than 550,000 summer seats to meet increased demand

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Liverpool airport firefighters tackle blaze as smoke seen billowing close to Easyjet plane Video shows fire crews trying to extinguish blaze on or close to an Easyjet plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

London Evening Standard

• Ryanair boss sends pilots letter pleading for them not to leave, offering bonuses and better contracts​The boss of Ryanair has apologised to pilots, offering them incentives to stay with the carrier in a personal letter.
• Terrifying footage shows Airbus A380 drifting across the runway as it is caught by gusts mid-landing in GermanyThis terrifying footage shows the moment an Airbus superjumbo drifts across the runway at a sharp angle as it is caught by a huge gust of wind during landing.

Manchester Evening News

• Fire breaks out next to plane at Liverpool Airport Manchester holidaymakers watched on as a ground power unit went up in flames on the apron at around 6.50pm

North Wales Live

• John Lennon Airport fire: 'All we could see was the smoke and flames' Passengers have described the moment they were told to hurry off easyJet plane after a fire broke out just feet away

Aviation Industry

• Ryanair bids to retain pilot workforceRyanair, rocked by rostering errors that have forced the Irish LCC to cancel thousands of flights over the next five months, has appealed to its pilots to stand by the company. read more
• Aer Lingus slams Dublin ‘infrastructure shortcomings’Aer Lingus COO Mike Rutter has strongly criticized facilities at the Irish flag carrier’s home base airport, saying they threaten the airline’s expansion. read more

Other News Sources

• Corrupt Heathrow baggage handler from Surrey admits key role in £9m cocaine smuggling plot Joysen Jhurry, from Banstead, placed suitcases flown in from Brazil and filled with cocaine onto domestic luggage carousels, for couriers to pick up