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Wednesday, 21 March 2018

BBC News

• Manchester Airport axes free 'kiss and fly' drop-off parking lanesDrivers dropping off passengers at Manchester Airport will have to pay at least £3 from June.

Financial Times

• Norwegian Air to raise NKr1.3bn to bolster financesFast-growing low-cost carrier warns of growing first-quarter losses as it sells jets
• Ryanair buys 75% of Niki Lauda’s airline

Times Online

• Runway decision made in the dark [Subscription]MPs are always voting on things they don’t know much about. But you would think that, by now, a few facts would have been established ahead of this summer’s big vote — on the £14 billion third runway at Heathrow.

City AM

• Heathrow Airport launches new direct routes to Chinese cites in expansion pushHeathrow Airport has launched new direct routes to China in a move that could add up to £26m to the UK economy.

London Evening Standard

• Delta Airlines apologises after flying puppy to wrong stateDelta Airlines has apologised after it accidentally flew an eight week old puppy to the wrong state.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport will start charging for terminal drop-offs - and the decision has sparked heated debate The hub is axing its free ‘kiss and fly’ drop-off lanes - leaving people having to pay, or use a shuttle bus

Aviation Industry

• United suspends pet-cargo service after spate of incidentsFollowing three widely publicized pet-related incidents last week, United Airlines suspended its PetSafe travel offering “to conduct a thorough and systematic review,â€� the Chicago-based airline said March 20. read more
• O’Leary’s winning hand with LaudaMichael O’Leary must have played a lot of Risk as a boy. And he frequently won, judging by how he played his hand over LaudaMotion, a prize that was keenly sought by Lufthansa and British Airways owner IAG. read more