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Thursday, 19 October 2017

BBC News

• Arriva North West bus strike: What you need to knowArriva bus services in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire are affected.

Financial Times

• Flybe shares tumble on second profit warningAirline blames higher than expected costs of maintaining fleet in crowded European market
• Wizz Air applies for UK licence on Brexit worries

The Telegraph

• Air Berlin pilots suspended after saying 'dignified goodbye' with fly-by stunt at Düsseldorf Airport

Mail Online

• Ryanair begs ex-pilots who deserted the airline to return The budget airline has repeatedly denied that a shortage of pilots has prompted it to cancel around 700,000 flight bookings and more than 20,000 flights over this winter.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Newcastle Airport's part owner buys Leeds Bradford Airport Deal by Australian group AMP Capital raises possibility of competition probe

Buying Business Travel

• Grayling calls on Greybull for Monarch billTransport secretary says owner has 'moral obligation'

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Heathrow hits new heights in September with a strong end to the summer season• Heathrow experienced a surge in passenger numbers as nearly 7 million passengers travelled through the UK’s busiest airport in September (up 2.0% on last year), leading to a record 77.43 million total passengers in the last year. • Latin American destinations increased in popularity, with a 9.3% growth in traffic compared to last year, following British Airways launch of a new route to Santiago, Chile at the beginning of the year. South Asian locations also grew strongly as Air India saw passenger numbers aboard their aircraft go up by 21%.  Regional airline FlyBe added ...
• 'We can reduce freight emissions and still increase our cargo capacity,' Heathrow ChairmanSpeaking at the BCC International Trade Summit, Heathrow’s Non-Executive Chairman Lord Deighton announced a new ten step Blueprint for Sustainable Freight plan to reduce the impact of freight vehicles around Heathrow. Lord Deighton’s speech is the first time the airport has publicly addressed the challenge of the environmental impacts of cargo and set out its plans to ensure that even as Heathrow and freight volumes grow with expansion, overall airport-related traffic on the road does not increase in number compared to today. 

The Business Desk

• Australian investment firm swoops for Leeds Bradford AirportPrivate equity firm Bridgepoint has sold Leeds Bradford Airport to an Australian investment firm.

Aviation Industry

• Flybe gives profit warning on increased maintenance costsUK-based regional airline Flybe has warned that its interim profits will be lower than expected, following an unexpected rise in maintenance costs in the first half of its financial year. read more
• Airbus, Boeing in heated competition for big Delta narrowbody order Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the airline will likely make a decision within the next 6-12 months on a “significant orderâ€� for either the Airbus A320neo or Boeing 737 MAX. read more

Other News Sources

• Aerospace Integration Research Centre officially opened at CranfieldThe £35m Aerospace Integration Research Centre (AIRC) has been officially opened at Cranfield University. The new facility has been co-funded by Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Cranfield University, plus the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). According to Cranfield, the Centre will conduct research into ways of integrating advanced technologies to reduce the time from academic […] The post Aerospace Integration Research Centre officially opened at Cranfield appeared first on The Engineer.