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Monday, 26 March 2018

BBC News

• Heathrow rules out compensation for delayed disabled passengersThe BBC's Frank Gardner had criticised the airport for a delay because his wheelchair was misplaced.

Financial Times

• The gold-plated reason for Heathrow's bloated runway costsSystem allows owners to finance expansions with little equity capital

Times Online

• Heathrow loses BBC reporter Frank Gardner’s wheelchair [Subscription]A BBC journalist met with the chief executive of Heathrow yesterday after claiming that the airport had a “casual disregard for disabled people”.

City AM

• Bankrupt, jailed, £100m: Confessions of AirX CEO, John Matthews - the least popular man in private jet charteringOUR QUIET table at Dover Street’s Arts Club is becoming a de facto confession box. A gin and tonic replacing the grill between priest and penitent, John Matthews peers through his glass – for he hath sinned.

London Evening Standard

• BBC journalist Frank Gardner criticises Heathrow for 'mistreating disabled customers'Journalist Frank Gardner has hit out at Heathrow airport after being kept on a plane for nearly two hours after staff claimed to have lost his wheelchair.

Other Regional Press

• Luton London Airport reveals its community givingLondon Luton Airport (LLA) has contributed more than £370,000 to 121 groups in the local community over the last five years.