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Friday, 13 October 2017

BBC News

• Branson's Virgin Group invests in Hyperloop OneSir Richard is joining the board of the pod-based US transport company.
• Ryanair to challenge Lufthansa's Air Berlin dealThe Irish airline says it will take the €210m deal to European competition authorities.

Financial Times

• Ryanair puts pressure on pilots to accept pay offerAirline fights to overcome crisis over cancellations of more than 20,000 flights
• Lufthansa to sign deal to buy half of Air BerlinGerman carrier expects to take 81 of collapsed airline’s 140 planes, and 3,000 staff

The Guardian

• New airplane biofuels plan would 'destroy rainforests', warn campaignersPlan to accelerate production of biofuels for passenger planes would lead to clearing of rainforests to produce vast amount of necessary cropsA new plan to accelerate production of biofuels for passenger planes has drawn stinging criticism from environmentalists who argue that most of the world's rainforests might have to be cleared to produce the necessary crops.Aviation is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, with an 8% leap reported in Europe last year and a global fourfold increase in CO2 pollution expected by 2050.

Reuters News

• Ryanair resists pilot call for new industrial relations approachDUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair resisted moves by pilots to unionise on Thursday, after one demanded the Irish airline adopts a new approach to industrial relations.

City AM

• There’s a solution to the airport capacity problem in the UK, and it isn’t HeathrowThe call for evidence to form a new aviation strategy for the UK closes today. Glyn Jones is chief executive of Stobart Aviation, the owner of London Southend Airport.

Mail Online

• Court paves way for airline passengers to make claims More than one million passengers who endured tortuous delays after missing their connecting flight could be in line for compensation after a crushing legal blow against the airline industry.

London Evening Standard

• 'London to Scotland in 45 mins': Richard Branson invests in new Hyperloop transport serviceSir Richard Branson has invested in a new high-speed transport system which he claims can take passengers from London to Scotland in 45 minutes.

Buying Business Travel

• Gatwick reports record SeptemberPassenger numbers up 2.7% year on year
• Air France and Vietnam Airlines sign joint venturePartnership designed to 'optimise services'

Aviation Industry

• Lufthansa signs deal for large portion of airberlin assetsLufthansa has signed a €210 million ($249 million) deal to take over a large part of bankrupt airberlin's assets, including NIKI and regional carrier LGW, in a move that will give its low-cost Eurowings affiliate a boost. read more