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Monday, 11 December 2017

BBC News

• Bombardier: Union lobbies US and Canada over jobsMembers of the Unite union travel across the Atlantic in bid to protect Bombardier's Belfast plant.

The Huffington Post

• 'Carnage' At Heathrow Airport As Snow Causes Cancellations And Long Delays

The Independent

• British Airways: 50,000 passengers stranded after de-icing meltdown at HeathrowAt 9pm on Sunday night, around 300 passengers waiting at Heathrow for British Airways flight 245 to Buenos Aires discovered they would be not be waking up in an Argentinian midsummer. Instead, they faced the prospect of having to sort out their own hotel rooms many miles away, or sleeping on the floor of Terminal 5.

City AM

• Gatwick just had its busiest ever November as long-haul flights soarLondon Gatwick had its busiest ever November as 2.9m passengers travelled through the airport last month, bringing its total annual passengers to 45.5m.

Mail Online

• Passengers on Jet2 flight injured in lorry bus crash The holidaymakers had just disembarked from the Jet2 flight from Glasgow and were being ferried to the terminal building when a lorry carrying concrete pillars smashed into the side of the vehicle.

The Mirror

• British Airways weather meltdown: ARMED POLICE called in to escort angry passengers as 50,000 stranded around worldEXCLUSIVE: The airline had a disaster on Sunday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and many passengers stuck on the runway for hours

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow delays: Furious passengers hit out as snow causes day of chaos at major London airportPassengers described chaotic scenes at Heathrow Airport amid snow flurries in the capital, complaining of cancellations and severe delays to flights.

Other News Sources

• Heathrow Airport flights disrupted due to snow Passengers have been warned to check with their airline before travelling on Sunday (December 10)